Solanum hastifolium Hochst. ex Dunal GRIN-Global

Taxon: Solanum hastifolium Hochst. ex Dunal

Summary

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Leptostemonum

Section:

Melongena

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

438890

Place of publication:

A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1):284. 1852

Verified:

11/03/2008 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)

Daunay, M. C. et al. 1998. The use of wild genetic resources for eggplant (Solanum melongena) breeding. II. Crossability and fertility of interspecific hybrids. Proceedings of the Xth EUCARPIA meeting on genetics and breeding of Capsicum and eggplant, Avignon, France, 7-11 Sept., 1998. 1998 19-24.
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
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).
Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
Weese, T. L. & L. Bohs. 2010. Eggplant origins: out of Africa, into the Orient. Taxon 59:49-56.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Eritrea
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Somalia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan

Native
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia

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=438890. Accessed 31 October 2026.