Summary
Place of publication:
Pl. bequaert. 1:425. 1922 "cyaneo-purpureum"
Verified:
11/04/2008
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- 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.
- Levin, R. A. et al. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships among the "spiny solanums" (Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum, Solanaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 93:157-169.
- PBI Solanum Project. Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
- Troupin, G. Flore du Rwanda. 1978-
- 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.
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Burundi | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Rwanda | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania, Uganda
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire
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=438883.
Accessed 16 December 2025.