Solanum capsicoides

Updated on Dec 29, 2023

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Kingdom Plantae Family Solanaceae Scientific name Solanum capsicoides Rank Species		Order Solanales Genus Solanum Higher classification Solanum

Similar Solanum aculeatissimum, Solanum viarum, Solanum aculeastrum

Solanum capsicoides, the cockroach berry, known as polohauai'i in Polynesia, is a flowering plant in the Solanaceae family. It is native to eastern Brazil but naturalized in other tropical regions, where it sometimes becomes an invasive weed.

Solanum capsicoides Solanum aculeatissimum Solanum capsicoides Cockroach berry Indian

Synonyms

This species had been included in S. aculeatissimum as variety denudatum by Dunal (Solanum denudatum of Bitter is S. humile as described by Lamarck). It was also included in the eggplant (S. melongena) under its junior synonym S. trongum (as var. sinuato-pinnatifidum), also by Dunal.

In addition, the cockroach berry is sometimes referenced under the following obsolete names:

Solanum arrebenta Vell.

Solanum bodinieri H.Lév. & Vaniot

Solanum capsicoides Hort. Paris ex Lam. (preoccupied)

Solanum ciliare Willd.

Solanum ciliatum Lam.

S. ciliatum of Blume from F.A.W. Miquel is an undetermined species of Lycianthes.

Solanum ciliatum var. arenarium Dunal