Forest Bitterberry

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Solanum anguivi

Forest Bitterberry, a reference photo
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Solanum anguivi is a plant indigenous to non-arid parts of Africa, and is commonly known as forest bitterberry or African eggplant, although the latter term is most commonly associated with Solanum aethiopicum.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Forest Bitterberry 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

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum
Species
Solanum anguivi

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