Solanum nigrum L.

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Solanum nigrum

Picture: Bart Wursten
Along Nyanga - Troutbeck road

Solanum nigrum

Picture: Bart Wursten
Along Nyanga - Troutbeck road

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Synonyms: Solanum guineense sensu Dammer
Solanum nodiflorum sensu auctt.
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Status: Probably introduced
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Probably from Central Asia
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Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): B,N,W,C,E,S
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Literature:

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 272. (Includes a picture).

Gonçalves, A.E. (2005). Solanaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(4) Pages 85 - 86.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 80.

Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 107. (Includes a picture).

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 106.

Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 226.

Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 90. (Includes a picture).

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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Solanum nigrum
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Solanum nigrum.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=150700, retrieved 28 March 2024

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