Solanum robustum, the shrubby nightshade, is a species of thorny perennial shrub native to north-eastern South America. It is related to the potato and tomato.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Shrubby nightshade being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Solanum lasiocarpum
- Solanum stellatiglandulosum
- Solanum sessiliflorum
- Solanum ferrugineum
- Solanum hirtum
- Solanum stramoniifolium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Solanales
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
- Species
- Solanum robustum
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