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Updated 8/13/2023
Family Solanaceae
HAWAII - INDIGENOUS?
Solanum americanum
GLOSSY NIGHTSHADE POPOLO
Weedy annual or short-lived perennial of disturbed areas. Shiny black fruits are
edible & used medicinally. Native to North America but a
common weed in warm & temperate areas
worldwide. There's some debate whether it arrived to Hawaii
naturally or carried by Polynesian settlers. Often misidentified as
Solanum nigrum, which is the Eurasian counterpart. It has
black poisonous fruit with dull skin. |
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