Solanaceae

408 species

Major family including tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, eggplants; essential global food crops also containing tobacco.

Acnistus arborescens

Wild tree tobacco

Alkekengi officinarum

Winter cherry, Redflesh Cape Gooseberry

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Stems, Vegetable

Brunfelsia chocoensis

ElChoco raintree

Brunfelsia macrocarpa

Bigfruit raintree

Calliphysalis carpenteri

Carpenter's Ground-cherry

Capsicum annuum

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Herb, Spice, Vegetable

Capsicum annuum cv. longum

Paprika, Larang-haba

Edible: Fruit - flavouring, Spice

Capsicum annuum var. abbreviatum

Wrinkled peppers

Edible: Herb, Leaves

Capsicum annuum var. aviculare - (Dierb.) D'Arcy & Eschbaugh

Capsicum annuum var. cerasiforme

Edible: Herb, Fruit, Leaves

Capsicum annuum var. conoides

Cone peppers, Tabasco

Edible: Herb, Fruit, Leaves

Capsicum annuum var. fasciculatum

Cluster pepper, Red cone pepper

Edible: Herb, Leaves, Fruit

Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculium

Edible: Fruit, Spice

Capsicum annuum var. grossum

Edible: Fruit, Herb, Spice, Leaves, Vegetable

Capsicum annuum var. longum

Long peppers, Afi largo

Edible: Herb, Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable

Capsicum annuum var. parvo-acuminatum

Long cayenne pepper

Edible: Herb, Fruit, Leaves

Capsicum baccatum

Peruvian pepper

Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Spice, Vegetable

Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum

Brown's pepper, Peruvian pepper

Edible: Fruit, Spice

Capsicum cardenasii

Edible: Fruit, Spice

Capsicum chacoense

Edible: Fruit - spice

Capsicum chinense

Bonnet pepper, Squash pepper

Edible: Fruit, Vegetable

Capsicum flexuosum

Edible: Fruit - spice

Capsicum frutescens

Bird's eye chillies

Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Herb, Spice, Vegetable

Capsicum galapagoense

Galapagos Islands pepper

Edible: Fruit - spice

Capsicum pubescens

Rocoto, Tree pepper

Edible: Fruit, Spice, Vegetable

Cestrum latifolium

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Cestrum nocturnum

Night-flowering Cestrum

Cestrum racemosum

Zorrillo, Jessamine

Cestrum schlechtendahlii

Cestrum thyrsoideum

Green cestrum, Chilean jessamine

Edible: Caution

Chamaesaracha coronopus

Small Groundcherry, Greenleaf five eyes

Cyphomandra betacea

Tree tomato, Tamarillo

Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Vegetable

Cyphomandra cajanumensis

Casana, Pepino de campo, Pepinillo

Cyphomandra casana

Cyphomandra diploconos

Guava tamarillo

Cyphomandra divaricata

Danto, Divaricate cyphomandra

Cyphomandra fragrans - (Hook.)Sendtn.

Cyphomandra hartwegii

Hartweg's Cyphomandra

Cyphomandra hartwegii subsp. ramosa

Cyphomandra patrum subsp. mortoniana

Cyphomandra sibundoyensis

Cyphomandra uniloba

Edible: Fruit ?

Downy thorn apple, Black datura

Edible: Fruit, Poisonous without treatment, Seeds - drinks

Downy Thorn Apple, Pricklyburr

Warty Thornapple, Angel’s Trumpet, Horn-of-plenty

Edible: Leaves - drink, POISONOUS

Datura quercifolia

Oak Leaf Datura, Chinese thorn-apple

Datura stramonium

Common Thornapple, Jimson Weed

Edible: Poisonous! Nectar, Fruit - drink

Discopodium penninervium

Hyoscyamus albus

Edible: Flowers, CAUTION

Hyoscyamus muticus

Hyoscyamus niger

Henbane, Black henbane, Hog's bean, Stinking nightshade

Edible: Leaves, Caution, Seeds, Root - starch, Medicine

Hyoscyamus vulgaris

Jaltomata biflora

Jaltomata cajacayensis

Jaltomata chihuahuensis

Edible: Fruit, Roots

Edible: Seaweed, Algae

Lycianthes biflora

Lycianthes ciliolata

Lycianthes glandulosa

Lycianthes neesiana

Lycianthes pachypetalon

Lycianthes pilifera

Lycianthes repens

Lycianthes rzedowskii

Lycianthes stephanocalyx

Lycium americanum

Lycium andersonii

Wolfberry, Water jacket

Lycium arabicum

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Shoots

Lycium arenicola

Lycium australe

Lycium barbarum

Goji, Box Thorn, Matrimony vine

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Shoots

Lycium berlandieri

Berlandier's wolfberry

Lycium brevipes

Baja desert thorn

Lycium carolinianum

Christmas Berry, Carolina desert-thorn

Lycium chilense

Lycium chinense

Chinese Boxthorn, Chinese desert-thorn

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Seed, Shoots

Lycium cinereum

Edible: Fruit, Fruit - coffee

Lycium decumbens

Lycium depressum

Lycium europaeum

European tea-tree, Box thorn

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Shoots

Lycium exsertum

Arizona desertthorn

Lycium fremontii

Desert Thorn, Fremont's desert-thorn

Lycium horridum

Lycium oxycarpum

Lycium pallidum

Pale Wolfberry, Pale desert-thorn, Rabbit thorn

Lycium persicum

Lycium ruthenicum

Lycium sandwicense

Lycium schweinfurthii

Desert thorn, African honey-thorn

Edible: Fruit, Leaves

Lycium tetrandrum

Squawthorn, Torrey wolfberry

Lycium yunnanense

Lycopersicon esculentum

Edible: Fruit, Oil

Lycopersicon peruvianum - (L.)Mill.

Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium - (L.)Mill.

Edible: Fruit, Oil, Oil

Mandragora officinarum

Nicandra physaloides - (L.)Gaertn.

Edible: Fruit, Leaves

Nicotiana clevelandii

Cleveland's tobacco

Edible: Leaves - tea

Nicotiana glauca

Edible: Leaves - tea

Nicotiana rustica

Edible: Leaves - masticatory

Nicotiana tabacum

Tobacco, Cultivated tobacco

Edible: Leaves, Oil

Nicotiana trigonophylla

Edible: Leaves - tea

Petunia x atkinsiana

Edible: Flowers

Physaliastrum echinatum - (Franch.&Sav.)Honda.

Physalis acutifolia

Sharp-leaf ground cherry

Physalis alkekengi

Winter Cherry, Strawberry groundcherry,Ground Cherry, Chinese Lantern

Edible: Fruit, Leaves

Physalis alkekengi franchetii

Edible: Fruit, Leaves

Physalis angulata

Toothed-leaved winter cherry, Angular winter-cherry

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable

Physalis angustifolia

Coastal Ground-cherry

Physalis arenicola

Cypress-head Ground-cherry

Physalis brasiliensis

Physalis carpenteri

Carpenter's groundcherry

Physalis caudella

Southwestern Ground-cherry

Physalis crassifolia

Yellow Nightshade Ground-cherry

Physalis fendleri

Fendler's groundcherry

Physalis foetens

Tropical Groundcherry

Physalis foetens neomexicana - (Rydb.)Waterf.

Physalis foetens var. neomexicana

New Mexican Groundcherry

Physalis gracilis

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Physalis greenei

Yellow Nightshade Groundcherry

Physalis grisea

Dwarf Cape-gooseberry, Hairy ground-cherry, Strawberry-tomato

Physalis hederaefolia cordifolia - (A.Gray.)Waterf.

Physalis hederifolia var. cordifolia

Ground cherry, Fendler's Groundcherry

Physalis heterophylla

Clammy Groundcherry

Physalis hispida

Physalis ixocarpa

Edible: Fruit, Vegetable

Physalis lagascae

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable

Physalis lanceolata

Lanceleaf Groundcherry

Physalis latiphysa

Broadleaf Groundcherry

Physalis lobata

Purple Ground cherry

Physalis macrophysa

Longleaf Groundcherry

Physalis melanocystis

Physalis micrantha

Physalis minima

Native gooseberry

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Seeds

Physalis missouriensis

Missouri Groundcherry

Physalis neomexicana

Barbados gooseberry

Physalis obscura

Physalis orizabae

Physalis peruviana

Cape gooseberry

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable

Physalis philadelphica

Tomatillo, Ground cherry

Physalis pringlei

Physalis pruinosa

Ground cherry, Strawberry tomato, Husk tomato

Physalis pubescens

Downy ground-cherry, Goldenberry

Physalis pubescens var. hygrophila

Physalis pumila

Dwarf Groundcherry, Yellow ground-cherry

Physalis stapelioides

Physalis subglabrata

Longleaf Groundcherry

Physalis sulphurea

Physalis variovestita

Field Groundcherry

Physalis virginiana

Perennial Ground Cherry, Virginia ground cherry

Physalis virginiana sonorae - (Torr.)Waterf.

Physalis virginiana var. sonorae

Longleaf groundcherry

Physalis viscosa

Sticky Cape Gooseberry

Edible: Fruit, Leaves

Physalis volubilis

Physalis walteri

Physalis wrightii

Sharpleaf groundcherry

Quincula lobata

Chinese lantern

Salpichroa diffusa

Schwenckia americana

Solandra grandiflora

Showy chalicevine, Silver cup

Edible: Fruit, Caution

Solandra maxima

Solanum abutiloides

Dwarf tamarillo

Solanum aculeastrum

Goat bitter apple, Poison apple

Edible: Fruit, Caution, Leaves

Solanum aculeatissimum

Cow eggplant, Love apple

Solanum acuminatum

Solanum aethiopicum

Scarlet eggplant

Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Vegetable

Solanum africanum

Solanum agrarium

Edible: Fruit, Vegetable

Solanum ajanhuiri

Ajanhuiri, Yari

Edible: Root, Tuber

Solanum americanum

Glossy nightshade

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable, Leaves - tea

Solanum andigenum

Solanum anguivi

Forest bitterberry, Madagascar potato

Edible: Fruit, Vegetable, Leaves

Solanum anomalum

Children's tomato

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable

Solanum anthropophagorum

Edible: Fruit, Leaves

Solanum appendiculatum

Edible: Roots, Tubers

Solanum asperum

Solanum atropurpureum

Solanum aviculare

Kangaroo apple, Poroporo

Solanum bansoense

Solanum barbisetum

Solanum betaceum

Terong chator, Bulung

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Solanum boerhaviifolium

Solanum boreale

Fendler's Horse-nettle

Solanum boyacense

Solanum brevicaule

Edible: Tubers, Root

Solanum brevifolium

Solanum cajanumense

Solanum calidum

Solanum canense

Solanum capense

Edible: Fruit - curdles milk

Solanum capsicoides

Cockroach berry, Red popolo

Edible: Fruit, Caution

Solanum cardiophyllum

Hearleaf nightshade

Edible: Roots, Tubers

Solanum caripense

Tzimbalo, Pepino lloron

Solanum catilliflorum

Solanum catombelense

Edible: Leaves, Stem, Fruit

Solanum centrale

Desert raisin, Bush tomato

Edible: Fruit, Spice

Solanum chaucha

Solanum cheesmaniae

Galapagos tomato

Solanum chenopodioides

Whitetip nightshade

Edible: Fruit, Leaves

Solanum chenopodium

Goosefoot Potato Bush

Solanum chippendalei

Green bush tomato, Anakety

Solanum circinatum

Curcinate nightshade

Solanum cleistogamum

Shy nightshade, Banana-flavoured bush tomato

Solanum coactiliferum

Western nightshade

Solanum coagulans

Edible: Fruit, Vegetable

Solanum cochabambense

Solanum commersonii

Edible: Tuber, Root

Solanum cordatum

Solanum corymbiflorum

Solanum corymbiflorum subsp. mortonianum

Solanum crinitum

Solanum cumingii

Solanum cunninghamii

Solanum curtilobum

Rucki, Bitter potato, Choque pitu

Edible: Root, Tuber

Solanum dasyanthum

Solanum dasyphyllum

Edible: Fruit, Leaves

Solanum demissum

Papa cimarrona, Papa del monte

Edible: Tubers, Root, Fruit

Solanum dewevrei

Solanum dioicum

Western nightshade, Gilu

Solanum diphyllum

Twinleaf nightshade

Solanum diploconos

Solanum distichum

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Solanum diversiflorum

Kakarrta, River bush tomato

Solanum diversifolium

Solanum douglasii

Greenspot nightshade

Solanum duplosinuatum

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Solanum echinatum

Solanum edinense

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Silver-leaf nightshade

Edible: Fruit, Seeds

Solanum eldoretum

Solanum ellipticum

Desert raisin, Potato bush, Velvet potato bush, Wild gooseberry, Ararnt

Solanum endopogon

Solanum erianthum

Potato tree, Mullein Nightshade

Edible: Fruit, Caution, Leaves

Solanum erythracanthum

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Solanum esuriale

Quena, Tomato bush

Solanum excelsum

Solanum fendleri

Fendler's Horse-nettle, Fendler potato

Edible: Root, Tuber

Hairy-fruited eggplant

Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Vegetable

Solanum ferox var. involucratum

Solanum gardneri

Solanum gilesii

Bitter berries, Scarlet eggplant

Edible: Fruit, Shoots, Leaves, Vegetable

Solanum glaucescens

Solanum goetzei

Solanum goniocalyx

Floury potato, Limena

Solanum grandiflorum

Kukuch, Naranjilla

Solanum grandiflorum var. macrocarpum

Solanum grossedentatum

Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Vegetable

Solanum hapalum

Solanum hermannii

Dead sea apple, Apple of Sodom

Edible: Seeds, Caution

Solanum hieronymi

Najneno, Pocote

Edible: Tubers, Roots

Solanum horridum

Solanum hygrothermicum

Moshaki, Cachariqui

Edible: Tuber, Root

Solanum hyporhodium

Cocona, Peach tomato

Solanum hystrix

Solanum incanum

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Fruit - spice

Solanum indicum

White sparrow, Indian nightshade

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Solanum indicum subsp. distichum

Children’s tomato

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Solanum insanum

Solanum insidiosum

Edible: Fruit - flavouring

Solanum integrifolium

Ethiopian eggplant

Edible: Fruit, Vegetable

Solanum involucratum

Solanum jamaicense

Jamaica nightshade

Solanum jamesii

Colorado wild potato

Edible: Root, Tuber

Solanum johannae

Solanum juzepczukii

Edible: Root, Tuber, Leaves

Solanum laciniatum

Kangaroo apple, Large flowered Kangaroo apple

Edible: Fruit, Flowers

Solanum lasiocarpum

Indian nightshade

Solanum lasiophyllum

Solanum lesteri

Solanum linearifolium

Mountain kangaroo apple

Solanum linnaeanum

Edible: Medicine

Solanum liximitante

Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme

Solanum lyratum

Bai Ying, Hiyodori-Shogo

Solanum macranthum

Brazilian potato tree

Solanum macrocarpon

Native eggplant, African eggplant

Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Flowers, Vegetable

Edible: Root, Tubers

Solanum mamilliferum

Solanum mauritianum

Wild tobacco tree

Edible: Fruit, Caution

Solanum megistacrolobum

Solanum melanospermum

Solanum melissarum

Solanum melongena

Eggplant, Brinjal, Aubergine

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable

Solanum melongena var. incanum

Local garden egg, Bitter tomato

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Solanum memphiticum var. abyssinicum

Solanum miniatum

Edible: Shoots, Leaves

Solanum mitlense

Solanum montanum

Solanum monteiroi

Solanum morellifolium

Solanum muricatum

Pepino dulce, Melon-pear, Peruvian pepino, Pepino

Edible: Fruit, Vegetable

Solanum myriacanthum

Solanum naumannii

Solanum nigrescens

Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Flowers - drink

Solanum nigricans

Blackberried nightshade

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable, Flowers

Solanum nigrum var. guineense

Solanum occultum

Hidden nightshade

Edible: Seeds, Fruit

Solanum ochranthum

Edible: Fruit, Caution

Greenberry nightshade

Solanum orbiculatum

Round-leaf nightshade

Solanum paraibanum

Solanum paucijugum

Edible: Fruit, Tubers

Solanum pectinatum

Solanum pennellii

Solanum perlongistylum

Solanum petrophilum

Rock Nightshade

Solanum phlomoides

Edible: Fruit, Rind only roasted

Solanum phureja

Edible: Root, Tuber

Solanum piliferum

Solanum pimpinellifolium

Edible: Fruit, Oil, Seed

Solanum pittosporifolium

Solanum polyadenium

Edible: Leaves ?

Solanum pseudocapsicum

Edible: Fruit - colouring

Solanum pseudolulo

Lulo comun, Lulo de perro

Solanum pseudoquina

Solanum pubescens

Solanum pubigerum

Solanum quitoense

Edible: Fruit, Vegetable

Solanum radicans

Solanum reichenbachii

Solanum repandum

Sou, Pacific tomato

Solanum retroflexum

Sunberry, Wonderberry

Edible: Fruit, Leaves - flavouring

Solanum robustum

Solanum rubetorum

Solanum rude-pannum

Edible: Fruit, Tubers

Solanum rugosum

Rugose nightshade

Solanum rybinii

Solanum sanctaekatharinae

Solanum scabrum

Garden huckleberry, African nightshade

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable

Solanum schumannianum

Edible: Fruit, Vegetable

Solanum sciadostylis

Solanum scuticum

Solanum seaforthianum

Brazilian nightshade

Solanum septemlobum

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Solanum sessile

Sessile nightshade

Solanum sessiliflorum

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Solanum sessiliflorum var. alibile

Largo lulo, Cocona uvilla

Solanum sessiliflorum var. georgicum

Solanum sibundoyense

Sibundoy nightshade

Edible: Fruit, Caution

Solanum sisymbriifolium

Sticky nightshade

Solanum snoussii

Solanum spirale

Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Vegetable

Solanum splendens

Solanum stellatiglandulosum

Stellate nightshade

Solanum stelligerum

Devil’s needles, Star nightshade

Solanum stenotomum

Edible: Root, Tuber

Solanum stenotomum goniocalyx - (Juz.&Bukasov.)Hawkes

Solanum stramoniifolium

Hairy egg plant

Solanum stramoniifolium var. inerme

Solanum supinum

Solanum surattense

Yellow-berried nightshade

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Solanum symonii

Solanum tarderemotum

African black nightshade

Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Vegetable

Solanum tequilense

Solanum terminale

Solanum tetrandrum

Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Flowers, Vegetable, Root

Solanum tridynamum

Edible: Fruit - coagulant

Solanum triflorum

Three-flowered Nightshade, Cutleaf nightshade

Edible: Fruit (Caution)

Solanum trilobatum

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Solanum tuberosum

Edible: Tubers, Root, (Leaves), Vegetable, Caution

Solanum tuberosum subsp. andigenum

Edible: Roots, Tubers

Solanum tumulicola

Edible: Fruit flesh

Solanum umbellatum

Edible: Roots - drink

Solanum umbelliferum

Bluewitch nightshade

Solanum undatum

Solanum unilobum

Unilobed nightshade

Cannibal’s tomato

Edible: Fruit, Leaves

Solanum verbascifolium

Takafo susu ngwae

Edible: Fruit, Fruit - drink

Edible: Roots, Tubers

Solanum verrucosum

Edible: Tubers, Root

Kangaroo apple, Gunyang, Green tomato, Green kangaroo apple

Solanum vestissimum

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Solanum villosum

Hairy Nightshade, Red-fruited nightshade

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Vegetable

Solanum violaceum

Puthrisunda, Turkey berry

Edible: Fruit, Vegetable

Solanum virginianum

Thorny nightshade, Yellow-berried nightshade

Edible: Fruit, Vegetable, Root

Solanum welwitschii

Solanum wendlandii

Costa Rican Nightshade

Solanum x burbankii

Garden Huckleberry, Wonderberry

Solanum x curtilobum

Bitter potatoes, Luki, Ruku

Edible: Tubers, Root

Solanum x juzepczuki

Bitter potatoes, Luki, Ruku

Edible: Tubers, Root

Solanum xanthocarpum

Solanum zuccaginanum

Nakati eggplant

Edible: Fruit, Leaf

Trianaea speciosa

Granadilla del monte

Trozelia umbellata

Tubocapsicum anomalum

Vassobia breviflora

Withania coagulans

Indian rennet, Indian cheese-maker

Edible: Fruit - rennet, Leaves

Withania somnifera

Withania, Winter cherry

Edible: Shoots, Leaves, Roots, Vegetable, Fruit

ZZZ Atropa belladonna

Belladonna, Deadly nightshade

Edible: Fruit - spice, POISONOUS, Medicine

ZZZ Datura quercifolia

Oak leaf datura

Edible: Fruit, CAUTION