Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. aegypt.-arab. 47. 1775
Verified:
09/19/2008
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Boulos, L. Flora of Egypt. 1999-
- Daunay, M. C. et al. 1998. The use of wild genetic resources for eggplant (Solanum melongena) breeding. II. Crossability and fertility of interspecific hybrids. Proceedings of the Xth EUCARPIA meeting on genetics and breeding of Capsicum and eggplant, Avignon, France, 7-11 Sept., 1998. 1998 19-24.
- Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
- Mansfeld, R. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. 1959
- PBI Solanum Project. Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
- Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
- Vorontsova, M. et al. 2013. African spiny Solanum (subgenus Leptostemonum, Solanaceae): a thorny phylogenetic tangle. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172:[in press].
- Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Weed | | | Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993- |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=100998.
Accessed 16 December 2025.