Solanaceae
Surattense nightshade
Solanum virginianum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Common names
By language (12)
- Bangla
- কন্টিকারি
- Chinese
- 黄果茄, 牛茄子, 丁茄, 北美茄, 毛果茄, 毛果茄（黄果茄、紫刺花茄）, 野茄果, 野颠茄
- English
- Surattense nightshade, Yellow-berried nightshade, Yellow-fruit nightshade
- German
- Thai-Aubergine, Kantakari
- Gujarati
- ભોંયરીંગણી
- Hindi
- भटकटैया, कंटकारी
- Malayalam
- കണ്ടകാരിച്ചുണ്ട
- Nepali
- कन्टकारी
- Tamil
- கண்டங்கத்தரி
- Thai
- มะเขือขื่น
- Urdu
- سولانم زانتھوکارپم
- Vietnamese
- Cà pháo
Synonyms
- Solanum arabicum Dunal
- Solanum armatum Forssk.
- Solanum armatum var. armatum
- Solanum diffusum Roxb. ex Wall.
- Solanum jacquinii Miq.
- Solanum jacquinii Willd.
- Solanum mairei H.Lév.
- Solanum mccannii Santapau
- Solanum surattense Burm.f.
- Solanum virginicum L.
- Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.
- Solanum xanthocarpum var. jacquinii (Willd.) Dunal
- Solanum xanthocarpum var. schraderi Dunal
- Solanum xanthocarpum var. xanthocarpum
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.