Solanum americanum

Solanum americanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Solanum
Species:	S. americanum
Binomial name
	Solanum americanum; Mill.
Synonyms
	Solanum adventitium Polgar; Solanum amarantoides Dunal; Solanum americanum var. nodiflorum (Jacq.) Edmonds; Solanum caribaeum Dunal; Solanum curtipes Bitter; Solanum depilatum Bitter; Solanum ganchouenense H. Lév.; Solanum gollmeri Bitter; Solanum humile Lam.; Solanum imerinense Bitter; Solanum inconspicuum Bitter; Solanum indecorum Rich.; Solanum inops Dunal; Solanum minutibaccatum Bitter; Solanum minutibaccatum var. curtipedunculatum Bitter; Solanum nigrum L.; Solanum nigrum var. americanum (Mill.) O.E. Schulz; Solanum nigrum var. atriplicifolium G. Mey.; Solanum nigrum var. minor Hook. f.; Solanum nigrum var. nodiflorum (Jacq.) A. Gray; Solanum nigrum var. pauciflorum Liou; Solanum nigrum var. virginicum L.; Solanum nodiflorum Jacq.; Solanum nodiflorum var. acuminatum Dunal; Solanum nodiflorum var. macrophyllum Dunal; Solanum nodiflorum var. petiolastrum Dunal; Solanum nodiflorum var. puberulum Dunal; Solanum nodiflorum var. sapucayense Chodat; Solanum oleraceum Dunal; Solanum parviflorum Badarò; Solanum photeinocarpum Nakam. & Odash.; Solanum pterocaulon Dunal; Solanum purpuratum Bitter; Solanum quadrangulare Thunb. ex L. f.; Solanum sciaphilum Bitter; Solanum tenellum Bitter; Solanum triangulare Lam.;

Solanum americanum, commonly known as American black nightshade, small-flowered nightshade or glossy nightshade, is a herbaceous flowering plant of wide though uncertain native range. The certain native range encompasses the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, Melanesia, New Guinea, and Australia.

The plant is widely naturalised around the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, including Hawaiʻi, Indochina, Madagascar and Africa, possibly via anthropogenic introduction in these locales.

Solanum americanum is one of the most widespread and morphologically variable species belonging to the section Solanum. It can be confused with other black nightshade species in the Solanum nigrum complex.

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