Taxon: Solanum nigrescens M. Martens & Galeotti

Summary

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Solanum

Section:

Solanum

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

404902

Place of publication:

Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 12(1):140. 1845

Verified:

03/11/2020 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Solanum caribaeum Dunal

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45 Note: mentions
D'Arcy, W. G. 1974. Solanum and its close relatives in Florida. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 61:853.
Freire de Varvalho, L. d'A. 1997. Diversidade taxonômica das Solanáceas no estado do Rio de Janeiro (Brasil) – II - Lycianthes e Solanum. Albertoa 4:294.
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978-. Flora de Veracruz.
Heiser, C. B. et al. 1979. Biosystematic and taxometric studies of the Solanum nigrum complex in eastern North America. In: Hawkes, J. G. et al., eds., The biology and taxonomy of the Solanacae 515-517.
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
Lira, R. et al., eds. 2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 186.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Nee, M. 1999. Synopsis of Solanum in the New World. In: Nee, M. et al., eds., Solanaceae IV: advances in biology and utilization 306.
PBI Solanum Project. Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
International Seed Testing Association wild species list

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	divine nightshade			1	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Spanish (Mexico)	yerba mora			2	Lira, R. et al., eds. 2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 186.

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja California Sur		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila de Zaragoza		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo León		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas	s.	Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama	s.	Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia	s.	Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi	s.	Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina	s.e.	Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Ciudad de México		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Querétaro		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tlaxcala		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatán		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Bahamas			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cayman Islands			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominica			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Grenada			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Haiti			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts		Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Vincent and Grenadines			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Turks and Caicos Islands			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru			Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.
4	Naturalized					natzd. elsewhere	Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.

Native
Northern America

SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (s.), Florida, Georgia (s.), Louisiana, Mississippi (s.), North Carolina (s.e.)]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas (s.)]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Ciudad de México, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis [Saint Kitts], Turks and Caicos Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and Grenadines
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

Reference(s)

Knapp, S. et al. 2019. A revision of the morelloid clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean. PhytoKeys 123:79-86.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	vegetable		Lira, R. et al., eds. 2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 186.
Medicines	folklore		McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=404902. Accessed 22 October 2026.