Solanaceae
Green nightshade
Solanum viride
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Solanum virideSolanaceae
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Common names
By language (6)
- Dutch
- Kannibaaltomaat
- English
- Green nightshade
- Esperanto
- Poroporo
- German
- Menschenfressertomate, Boro-dina, Kannibalentomate, Poro Poro
- Portuguese
- Tomate-de-canibal, Boro-dina, Poro Poro
- ty
- Porohiti
Synonyms
- Solanum angustior H.St.John
- Solanum anthropophagorum Seem.
- Solanum macdanielsii H.St.John
- Solanum ornans Witasek
- Solanum patameense Witasek
- Solanum patameense var. grandifolium Witasek
- Solanum patameense var. parvifolium Witasek
- Solanum patameense var. patameense
- Solanum polynesicum H.St.John
- Solanum savaiense Witasek
- Solanum tongaense H.St.John
- Solanum tuamotuense H.St.John
- Solanum upolense Witasek
- Solanum uporo Dunal
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
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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.