Plant Details

Accepted name:: Solanum marginatum L.f. [Solanaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
purple african nightshade	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sosa	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
tomate de punzada	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
tomatillo	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
vitskatta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
weißrandiger nachtschatten	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white-edge nightshade	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
white-margin nightshade	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
white-margined nightshade	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruits, leaves		Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Solanum abyssinicum Jacq. ex Vitman Summa Pl. 1: 492 (1789).
Solanum argyracanthum Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult. 4: 48 (1802).
Solanum argyracanthum St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 135 (1880), not validly publ.
Solanum cabiliense E.Vilm. Fl. Pleine Terre, éd. 3: 713 (1870), not validly publ.
Solanum cabiliense var. argenteum E.Vilm. Fl. Pleine Terre, éd. 3: 713 (1870), not validly publ.
Solanum coagulans Schimp. ex Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 370 (1852), not validly publ.
Solanum marginatum var. polyhoplum Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 16: 290 (1923).
Solanum niveum All. ex Vitman Summa Pl. 1: 492 (1789), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Solanum marginatum L.	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Solanum marginatum L. f.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Solanum marginatum L.f.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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