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Common name

English: Asian nightshade

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Solanales (99)

        Family: Solanaceae (51)(family description)

          Genus: Solanum (24)

            Epithet: violaceum Ortega (1)

Synonyms: Solanum chinense Dunal, Solanum nivalomontanum C.Y. Wu & S.C. Huang

chinense => of Chinese origin

violaceum => violet-coloured

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: shrub

External links

Check for Solanum violaceum at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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