Solanum anguivi Lam. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Solanum anguivi Lam.

Summary

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Leptostemonum

Section:

Melongena

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

310328

Place of publication:

Tabl. encycl. 2:23. 1794

Comment:

= Solanum indicum auct. (non S. indicum L., nom. rej., a rejected name (nomen utique rejiciendum) under Melbourne ICN Art. 56 & App. V that is unavailable for use)

Verified:

11/29/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Solanum hermannii Dunal
Solanum indicum auct.
Solanum sodomeum L.

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Reference(s)

Brummitt, R. K. 1983. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 25. Taxon 32:279.
Collonnier, C. et al. 2001. Applications of biotechnology in eggplant. Pl. Cell Tissue Organ Cult. 65:91-107.
Cufodontis, G. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. 1953-1972
Daunay, M.-C. et al. 1991. The use of wild species for the genetic improvement of Brinjal egg-plant (Solanum melongena) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum). Solanaceae III: taxonomy, chemistry, evolution. 1991 397.
Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
Hepper, F. N. 1978. (456,457) Proposals to list Solanum indicum L. and Solanum sodomeum L. as rejected names under Article 69 of the ICBN. Taxon 27:555.
Hepper, F. N. 1978. Systematic notes on the Solanaceae. Typification and name changes of some Old World Solanum species. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76:287-292.
Humbert, J.-H., ed. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores. 1936-
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
Lester, R. N. & L. Niakan. 1986. Origin and domestication of the scarlet eggplant, Solanum aethiopicum, from S. anguivi in Africa. Solanaceae: biology and systematics. 1986 446.
Levin, R. A. et al. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships among the "spiny solanums" Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum, Solanaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 93:157-169.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos (on-line resource).
PBI Solanum Project. Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Sakata, L. & R. N. Lester. 1997. Chloroplast DNA diversity in brinjal eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) and related species. Euphytica 97:295-301.
Vorontsova, M. et al. 2013. African spiny Solanum (subgenus Leptostemonum, Solanaceae): a thorny phylogenetic tangle. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172:[in press].
Weese, T. L. & L. Bohs. 2010. Eggplant origins: out of Africa, into the Orient. Taxon 59:49-56.
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
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	South Tropical Africa	Angola
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Eswatini
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Limpopo
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Mpumalanga
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Côte D'Ivoire
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Ghana
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Liberia
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Senegal
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Sierra Leone
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Equatorial Guinea	Bioko
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Rwanda
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Zaire
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Madagascar

Native
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania, Uganda
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea [Bioko], Rwanda, Zaire
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	fruit		Lester, R. N. & L. Niakan. 1986. Origin and domestication of the scarlet eggplant, Solanum aethiopicum, from S. anguivi in Africa. Solanaceae: biology and systematics. 1986 446.
Medicines	folklore		McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000

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=310328. Accessed 16 December 2025.