Solanum kwebense N. E. Br. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Solanum kwebense N. E. Br.

Summary

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Leptostemonum

Section:

Giganteiformia

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

410404

Place of publication:

W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. 4(2):225. 1906

Verified:

12/01/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. 1993
Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988
Levin, R. A. et al. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships among the "spiny solanums" Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum, Solanaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 93:157-169.
PBI Solanum Project. Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Botswana
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Namibia
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Transvaal

Native
Africa

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa [Transvaal]

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Vertebrate poisons	mammals		Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=410404. Accessed 31 October 2026.