Solanum douglasii

Dunal

Greenspot nightshade

SolanaceaeLeavesPotential hazards — see below

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves are cooked and eaten as greens.

Known Hazards

Where to Find It

A tropical plant.

Central America, El Salvador, Mexico, North America, USA,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent

How to Identify

A herb or small shrub. It grows up to 2 m tall. The stem is coated with white hairs. The leaves are 9 cm long and can have teeth along the edge. The flowers are like potato flowers and white and yellow. The fruit is a round berry 1 cm wide.

Wikipedia

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Solanum douglasii is a North American species of plant in the family Solanaceae known by the common name greenspot nightshade.

Notes

There are about 1400 Solanum species.

Names & Synonyms

Solanum arizonicum ParishSolanum dasyadenium Bitterand several others

References (4)

Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 4026
Beckstrom-Sternberg, Stephen M., and James A. Duke. "The Foodplant Database." http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/foodplantdb.(ACEDB version 4.0 - data version July 1994)
Moerman, D. F., 2010, Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. p 534
A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1):48. 1852