Solanum virginianum L. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Solanum virginianum L.

Summary

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Leptostemonum

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

401897

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:187. 1753 (Mant. pl. 2:340. 1771, as "virginicum")

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

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 surattense Burm. f.
Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad.

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Reference(s)

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Boulos, L. Flora of Egypt. 1999-
Collonnier, C. et al. 2001. Applications of biotechnology in eggplant. Pl. Cell Tissue Organ Cult. 65:91-107.
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
Daunay, M. C. et al. 1991. The use of wild species for the genetic improvement of Brinjal egg-plant and tomato. Solanaceae III: taxonomy, chemistry, evolution. 1991 392.
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Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-

Common names

English
yellow-fruit nightshade –
Swedish
kantikari –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Saudi Arabia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Yemen
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hubei
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Afghanistan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iran
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bangladesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Nepal
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Sri Lanka
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia
3	Adventive	Africa	Northern Africa	Egypt

Native
Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
CHINA: China [Guangdong, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan]
EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia

Adventive
Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Medicines	potential source of solasodine		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=401897. Accessed 9 June 2026.