Plant Details

Accepted name:: Solanum nigrescens M.Martens & Galeotti [Solanaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
divine nightshade	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020)
hierba mora	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
quilete	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
yerbamora	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)

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Kew's taxonomic resources include 26 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Solanum amethystinum (Kuntze) Heiser Ceiba 4: 296 (1955).
Solanum approximatum Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 86 (1914).
Solanum caribaeum Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 48 (1852).
Solanum costaricense Heiser Ceiba 4: 297 (1955).
Solanum crenatodentatum var. ramossissium Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 54 (1852).
Solanum durangoense Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 82 (1913).
Solanum gollmeri Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 202 (1912).
Solanum jahnii Bitter ex Pittier Cat. Fl. Venez. 2: 380 (1947), not validly publ.
Solanum maioranthum L.B.Sm. & Downs Phytologia 10: 425 (1964).
Solanum maracayuense Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 227 (1912).
Solanum nigrum var. amethystinum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 455 (1891).
Solanum nigrum subsp. chacoense Hassl. Trab. Mus. Farmacol. 21: 104 (1909).
Solanum nigrum f. floribundum Hassl. Trab. Mus. Farmacol. 21: 104 (1909).
Solanum nigrum f. longepetiolatum Hassl. Trab. Mus. Farmacol. 21: 105 (1909).
Solanum nigrum var. nigrescens (M.Martens & Galeotti) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 455 (1891).
Solanum nodiflorum var. acuminatum Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 46 (1852).
Solanum nodiflorum var. puberulum Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 46 (1852).
Solanum oligospermum Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 80 (1913).
Solanum prionopterum Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 5 (1912).
Solanum pruinosum var. phyllolophum Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 77 (1913).
Solanum pulchrilobum var. longepetiolatum Parodi Tomo Conmem. XXV Anivers. Fund. Fac. Agron. Vet. Buenos Aires: 85 (1929).
Solanum pulchrilobum var. paucilobum Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 5 (1912).
Solanum purpuratum Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 85 (1914).
Solanum rojasii Chodat Veg. Parag.: 68 (1916).
Solanum subelineatum Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 79 (1913).
Solanum sublineatum Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 79 (1913).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Solanum nigrescens M. Martens & Galeotti	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Solanum nigrescens M. Martens & Galeotti.	Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
Solanum nigrescens M.Martens & Galeotti	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Solanum nigrescens Mart. & Gal.	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)

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