Common name
English: Asian nightshade
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2713)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2628)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2216)
Order: Solanales (101)
Family: Solanaceae (51)(family description)
Genus: Solanum (24)
Epithet: violaceum Ortega (1)
Synonyms: Solanum chinense Dunal, Solanum nivalomontanum C.Y. Wu & S.C. Huang
chinense => of Chinese origin
violaceum => violet-coloured
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub
External links
Check for Solanum violaceum at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1188] Solanum - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database