Summary
Place of publication:
Gard. dict. ed. 8: Solanum no. 2. 1768
Verified:
11/29/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
red nightshade – red-fruit nightshade – woolly nightshade – Arabic
'inab al-deeb – German
gelber Nachtschatten – rotfrüchtiger Nachtschatten – Swedish
gul nattskatta –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
| 6 | Other | | | | | |
Naturalized
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Other
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Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 |
| Weed | potential seed contaminant | | D'Arcy, W. G. 1974. Solanum and its close relatives in Florida. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 61:862. |
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URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=101393.
Accessed 16 December 2025.