Nightshade

Nightshades are a diverse group of annual and perennial plants that grow as forbs, vines, sub-shrubs, shrubs, and small trees, and often have attractive fruit and flowers. The nightshade genus (Solanum) includes important agricultural plants such as the potato, tomato, and eggplant. Despite their use as food crops, most parts of the plants, and particularly the green parts, including unripe fruit, are often poisonous to humans. Nevertheless, many species in the genus bear some edible parts, such as fruits, leaves, or tubers.

Species

 * S. aculeastrum (sodaapple nightshade)
 * S. adscendens (sonoita nightshade)
 * S. aethiopicum (Ethiopian nightshade)
 * S. americanum (American black nightshade)
 * S. anguivi
 * S. aviculare (New Zealand nightshade)
 * S. bahamense (Bahama nightshade)
 * S. bulbocastanum (ornamental nightshade)
 * S. burbankii (wonderberry)
 * S. campechiense (redberry nightshade)
 * S. candidum (fuzzyfruit nightshade)
 * S. capsicoides (cockroach berry)
 * S. cardiophyllum (heartleaf horsenettle)
 * S. carolinense (Carolina horsenettle)
 * S. citrullifolium (watermelon nightshade)
 * S. clokeyi (Clokey's nightshade)
 * S. commersonii (Commerson's nightshade)
 * S. conocarpum (marron bacoba)
 * S. davisense (Davis horsenettle)
 * S. demissum (nightshade)
 * S. dimidiatum (western horsenettle)
 * S. diphyllum (twoleaf nightshade)
 * S. donianum (mullein nightshade)
 * S. douglasii (greenspot nightshade)
 * S. dulcamara (climbing nightshade)
 * S. elaeagnifolium (silverleaf nightshade)
 * S. erianthum (potatotree)
 * S. fendleri (Fendler's horsenettle)
 * S. ferox (nightshade)
 * S. furcatum (forked nightshade)
 * S. gayanum (Chilean nightshade)
 * S. gilo (gilo)
 * S. glaucophyllum (waxyleaf nightshade)
 * S. guamense
 * S. heterodoxum (melonleaf nightshade)
 * S. hindsianum (Hinds' nightshade)
 * S. hispidum (devil's fig)
 * S. hyporhodium (cocona)
 * S. incanum (nightshade)
 * S. incompletum (thorny popolo)
 * S. interius (deadly nightshade)
 * S. jamaicense (Jamaican nightshade)
 * S. jamesii (wild potato)
 * S. jasminoides (jasmine nightshade)
 * S. khasianum (nightshade)
 * S. lanceifolium (lanceleaf nightshade)
 * S. lanceolatum (orangeberry nightshade)
 * S. leptosepalum (tigna potato)
 * S. lumholtzianum (Sonoran nightshade)
 * S. lycopersicum (garden tomato)
 * S. macrocarpon (nightshade)
 * S. mammosum (nipplefruit)
 * S. marginatum (purple African nightshade)
 * S. mariannense
 * S. mauritianum (earleaf nightshade)
 * S. melanocerasum (garden huckleberry)
 * S. melongena (eggplant)
 * S. mucronatum (pepino)
 * S. muricatum (pepino)
 * S. nelsonii (Nelson's horsenettle)
 * S. nigrescens (divine nightshade)
 * S. nigrum (black nightshade)
 * S. nudum (forest nightshade)
 * S. parishii (Parish's nightshade)
 * S. peruvianum (Peruvian nightshade)
 * S. phureja (nightshade)
 * S. physalifolium (hoe nightshade0
 * S. pimpinellifolium (currant tomato)
 * S. pinnatisectum (tansyleaf nightshade)
 * S. polygamum (cakalaka berry)
 * S. pseudocapsicum (Jerusalem cherry)
 * S. pseudogracile (glowing nightshade)
 * S. pterocaulon
 * S. ptycanthum (West Indian nightshade)
 * S. pumilum (Carolina horsenettle)
 * S. pyrifolium (pear-leaf nightshade)
 * S. quitoense (naranjilla)
 * S. racemosum (canker berry)
 * S. riedlei (Riedle's nightshade)
 * S. robustum (shrubby nightshade)
 * S. rostratum (buffalobur nightshade)
 * S. rugosum (tabacon aspero)
 * S. sandwicense (Hawai'i horsenettle)
 * S. scabrum (garden-huckleberry)
 * S. seaforthianum (Brazilian nightshade)
 * S. sessiliflorum (cocona)
 * S. sisymbriifolium (sticky nightshade)
 * S. tampicense (scrambling nightshade)
 * S. tenuilobatum (San Diego nightshade)
 * S. tenuipes (fancy nightshade)
 * S. torvum (turkey berry)
 * S. triflorum (cutleaf nightshade)
 * S. triquetrum (Texas nightshade)
 * S. tuberosum (Irish potato)
 * S. umbelliferum (bluewitch nightshade)
 * S. viarum (tropical soda apple)
 * S. villosum (hairy nightshade)
 * S. virginianum (Surattense nightshade)
 * S. viride (green nightshade)
 * S. wallacei (Catalina nightshade)
 * S. wendlandii (giant potatocreeper)
 * S. woodburyi (Woodbury's nightshade)
 * S. xanti (chaparral nightshade)

Further information

 * Solanum profile U.S. Department of Agriculture