Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Solanales > Solanaceae > Solanum > Solanum virginianumSolanum virginianum (Surattense nightshade)Synonyms: Solanum arabicum; Solanum armatum (heterotypic); Solanum diffusum (heterotypic); Solanum ferox (heterotypic); Solanum jacquinii (heterotypic); Solanum macannii; Solanum mairei; Solanum mccannii; Solanum surattense; Solanum surattense var. awanicum; Solanum virginicum; Solanum xanthocarpum; Solanum xanthocarpum var. jacquinii; Solanum xanthocarpum var. schraderi Solanum virginianum, also called Surattense nightshade, yellow-fruit nightshade, yellow-berried nightshade, Thai green eggplant, Thai striped eggplant (from the unripe fruit), is a species of nightshade native to Asia (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iran, China, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia), and is adventive in Egypt. It is a medicinal plant used in India, but the fruit is poisonous. |
| Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-Low |  | | Structure [2] | Herb |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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