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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Solanum americanum Mill.
Black nightshade, Gooma-bush, Ink-berry

Solanum americanum
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
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Family: Solanaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, United States, Mexico, Central America and South America; an introduced weed in Canada and elsewhere.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website.

Synonyms: Solanum nigrum of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), not L.

Other data on Solanum americanum available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Solanum americanum has been reported for the following 2 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice
Pineland

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Solanum americanum
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
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Solanum americanum
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Solanum americanum
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Solanum americanum
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Solanum americanum
Copyright by: Shirley Denton