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Solanum nigrum - Fruits - Click to enlarge!

Fruits; Afife, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 10/2005 © Jörn Germer

Solanum nigrum - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Afife, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 10/2005 © Jörn Germer

Solanum nigrum - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Afife, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 10/2005 © Jörn Germer

Solanum nigrum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Afife, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 10/2005 © Jörn Germer

Solanum nigrum - Click to enlarge!

Line drawing; Source: Lit.# [13]

Dataset

Identifier: 786
Date of entry: 21.04.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: European Black Nightshade

German: Schwarzer Nachtschatten

Mandarin: 龙葵 (long kui)

Portuguese: Erva-moira

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Solanales (99)

        Family: Solanaceae (51)(family description)

          Genus: Solanum (24)

            Epithet: nigrum L. (4)

Synonym: Solanum rubrum auct. non L.

nigrum => black, blackness

rubrum => red in a general sense

Characteristics

Climate: temperate, sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

External links

Check for Solanum nigrum at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI
  • [839] Solanum nigrum - Plants For A Future database
  • [907] Solanum nigrum - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
  • [1188] Solanum - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database

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