EPPO Global Database

Solanum americanum(SOLAM)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: SOLAM
  • Preferred name: Solanum americanum
  • Authority: Miller

Notes

Throughout Canada, USA, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except southern cone). Introduced in Russia, Siberia, Central Asia, Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia (Malaya, Java, Philippines), China (including Tibet), Japan, Korea, Tchad, Sudan, Senegal to Nigeria and Cameroon, southern Africa generally, Madagascar, New Guinea, Australia (except South, Tasmania), New Zealand


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Solanum americanum var. nodiflorum (Jacquin) Edmonds
Solanum caribaeum Dunal
Solanum nigrum var. americanum (Miller) Schulz
Solanum nigrum var. nodiflorum (Jacquin) A. Gray
Solanum nodiflorum Jacquin
Solanum oleraceum Dunal
Solanum photeinocarpum Nakamura & Odashima
Solanum ptychanthum Dunal

Common names
Name Language
American black nightshade English (US)
common nightshade English (US)
eastern black nightshade English
glossy nightshade English
West Indian nightshade English
brède morelle French
morelle d'Amérique French
hierba mora Spanish
metagallina Spanish
maria-pretinha Portuguese (BR)
amerikansk nattskatta Swedish
amerika-inuhôzuki Japanese
inuhoozuki Japanese
inuhôzuki Japanese
teriminoinuhozuki Japanese
アメリカイヌホオズキ Japanese
イヌホオズキ Japanese
テリミノイヌホズキ Japanese
паслён чёрный американский Russian
itüzümü Turkish
shǎo huā lóng kuí Chinese
少花龙葵 Chinese
lilek americký Czech
makoy Hindi
미국까마중 Korean
mi guk kka ma jung Korean
kakamachi Sanskrit