Solanaceae
Solanum

Solanum jamaicense Mill.

First published in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 17 (1768)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Borneo, Jawa, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aubriot, X. & Knapp, S. (2022). A revision of the "spiny solanums" of Tropical Asia (Solanum, the Leptostemonum Clade, Solanaceae). PhytoKeys 198: 1-270.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1994). Flora de la Española 6: 1-517. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • PBI Solanum Project (2014-continuously updated). Solanaceae Source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family http://www.solanaceaesource.org/.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aubriot, X. & Knapp, S. (2022). A revision of the "spiny solanums" of Tropical Asia (Solanum, the Leptostemonum Clade, Solanaceae). PhytoKeys 198: 1-270.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1994). Flora de la Española 6: 1-517. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2012 Pereira-Silva, G.; Amaral-Santos, A.; Castro, A.C.R.; dos Santos, A.J.B.; Moreira, G.A.; de Alencar Moreira, J.B.; de Medeiros, M.B. [15482] Brazil K001573978 Yes
Oct 1, 2011 Kartonegoro, A.R. [ARK 300] Indonesia K000662262 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Nee, M. [34931] Brazil K001058305 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Tostain, O. [825] French Guiana K000658314 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Beck, H.T.; Pires, M.J.; Amerigo, M.; Souza, R.J.; Silva, N.T.; Costa, R.E.S. [75] Brazil K001058307 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Spruce, R. [2104] Brazil K001058313 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Hostmann [220] Suriname K000590036 Isosyntype Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Glaziou [11368] Brazil K001058314 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Miquel [s.n.] Suriname K000590033 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Salzmann [s.n.] Brazil K000590035 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Burchell [10047] Brazil K001058309 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 [Salzmann] [s.n.] Brazil K000590032 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Hostmann [220] Suriname K000590034 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Santos, J.L. [776] Brazil K001058317 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Cid, C.A.; Lima, J. [3823] Brazil K001058318 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Rabelo, B.V.; Nonato, R.; Belo, H.P. [1856] Brazil K001058316 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Plowman, T.; Davis, E.W.; Cid, C.A.; Amaral, I.L.; Lima, J.; Guedes, J. [12147] Brazil K001058315 Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Lleras, E.; Steward, W.C.; Ongley, J.C.; Coelho, D.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Lima, J.F. [p17032] Brazil K001058308 Yes
Jul 21, 1976 Matuda, E. [3633] Mexico K000063747 Yes
Jan 1, 1942 Krukoff, B.A. [8044] Brazil K001058311 Yes
Jun 27, 1905 Barbon, E.B. [2178] Philippines K000195949 Yes
Sandeman, C.A.W. [3288] Peru K001164220 Yes
Pipoly, J.J.; Gharbarran, G.; Bacchus, G. [9399] Guyana K001161630 Yes
Plowman, T.C. [2085] Colombia K001164234 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [951] Guyana K001161649 Yes
Jenman [4195] Guyana K001161641 Yes
Spruce [2104] Brazil K001058306 Yes
Parker [217] Guyana K001161643 Yes
Burley, J.S.; Turkirin; et al [1999] Indonesia K001153484 Yes
Ambriansyah; Arifin [AA193] Indonesia K001153488 Yes
Holton, I.F. [563] Colombia K001164214 Yes
Redden, K.M.; Williams, R.; Perry, C.; Rodriguez, A. [2279] Guyana K001161645 Yes
Wiriadinata, H.; Prawiroatmodjo, S. [20] Indonesia K001153486 Yes
Nedi; Idjan [5] Indonesia K001153485 Yes
Smith, H.H. [1146] Colombia K001164211 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [12776] Bolivia K001164221 Yes
Tate, R. [268] Nicaragua K001160421 Yes
Hahn, W.; Tiwari, S.; Ameer, M. [3814] Guyana K001161632 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [4227] Costa Rica K001160419 Yes
Chavez, F. [162] Peru K001164235 Yes
Rios, J. [1959] Peru K001164237 Yes
Langlassé, E. [69] Colombia K001164213 Yes
Miranda, D.D.; Acevedo, M. [1008] Venezuela K001164226 Yes
Stearn, W.T. [471] Jamaica K001161159 Yes
Ambriansyah; Arbainsyah [AA1656] Indonesia K001153489 Yes
Kuhlman, J.G. [907] Brazil K001161654 Yes
Falcão, J.I.A.; Egler, W.; Pereira, E. [954] Brazil K001161653 Yes
s.coll [5230] Guyana K001161638 Yes
Miranda, D.D.; Acevedo, M. [1140] Venezuela K001164224 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [6341] Trinidad and Tobago K001161157 Yes
Tonduz, A. [12894] Costa Rica K001160422 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] Guyana K001161156 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [1032] Guyana K001161640 Yes
Ramlanto [60] Indonesia K001153487 Yes
Bartlett, A.W. [s.n.] Guyana K001161633 Yes
Lee, G.; Persaud, R. [44] Guyana K001161631 Yes
s.coll [5230] Guyana K001161639 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H 12111] Dominican Republic K001161158 Yes
Plowman, T.C.; Schultes, R.E.; Tovar, O. [7264] Peru K001164238 Yes
Tonduz, A. [12894] Costa Rica K001160423 Yes
Fendler, A. [611] Trinidad and Tobago K001161153 Yes
Combs, R. [190] Cuba K001161163 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [4942] Colombia K001164216 Yes
Forest Department of British Guiana [6078] Guyana K001161637 Yes
Burchell [10047] Brazil K001058310 Yes
Plowman, T.C.; Kennedy, H. [2241] Colombia K001164233 Yes
Jenman [7380] Guyana K001161635 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [3926] Costa Rica K001160420 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [258] K001161165 Yes
Richardson, W.D [686] Trinidad and Tobago K001161154 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] Guyana K001161644 Yes
Jenman [6927] Guyana K001161636 Yes
Aitken, T.H.G. [25] Trinidad and Tobago K001161155 Yes
Ule, E.H.G. [6241] Peru K001164219 Yes
Cuatrecasas, J. [27287] Colombia K001164227 Yes
Plowman, T.C. [127] Colombia K001164231 Yes
Guillén, R.; Medina, C. [3703] Bolivia K001164228 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] Jamaica K001161162 Yes
Sintenis, P.E.E. [1680] Puerto Rico K001161167 Yes
Pipoly, J.J.; Ramírez, J.; Arias, J.; Ramírez, F; Muñoz, G., Alvarez, O. [18126] Colombia K001164229 Yes
Holm-Nielsen, L.B.; Jaramillo, J.; Coello, F.; Azanza, E. [25584] Ecuador K001164223 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [B.T.386A] Colombia K001164217 Yes
André, E. [431] Colombia K001164212 Yes
Tuerckheim, H., von [8551] Guatemala K001160429 Yes
Pittier, H.F. [11839] Venezuela K001164218 Yes
Nee, M. [34931] Brazil K001161651 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L. [3283] Colombia K001164230 Yes
Schiffner, V. [2517] Indonesia K001153490 Yes
Jenman [7380] Guyana K001161634 Yes
Archer, W.A. [8127] Brazil K001058312 Yes
Fuentes, V.; Rodriguez, P. [1896] K001161164 Yes
Wright, C. [380] Cuba K001161166 Yes
Maguire, B.; Fanshawe, D.B. [22962] Guyana K001161646 Yes
Herb Tonduz, A. [12894] Costa Rica K001160424 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [1924] Colombia K001164215 Yes
Holm, R.W.; Iltis, H.H. [201] Costa Rica K001160425 Yes
Folsom, J.P.; Hartman, R. [4644] Panama K001164222 Yes
Rojas, C.E. de; Rojas, F. [2951] Venezuela K001164225 Yes
Jenman [5372] Guyana K001161642 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [1529] Guyana K001161648 Yes
Díaz, J. [592] Peru K001164236 Yes
Rambaran, B.V. [51] Guyana K001161647 Yes
Prior, A. [67] Jamaica K001161160 Yes
Plowman, T.C.; Lockwood, T.; Kennedy, H.; Schultes, R.E. [2320] Colombia K001164232 Yes
Wright [s.n.] Jamaica K001161161 Yes
Dwyer, J.D.; Stimson [8070] Panama Solanum cuneifolium K001163784 Yes
D'Arcy, W.G.; D'Arcy, J.J. [6012] Panama Solanum cuneifolium K001163783 Yes
Plowman, T.C.; Davis, E.W. [4163] Colombia Solanum cuneifolium K001163782 Yes

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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