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Solanum aturense

Solanum aturense is a nightshade relative native to Central and South America, bearing red-orange berries. Little is documented about its cultivation, so treat it as a plant with limited horticultural history.

Family
Solanaceae (Nightshade family)
Safety
Toxic: Solanum species contain steroidal glycoalkaloids, especially in unripe fruit and foliage, which can cause nausea, vomiting and stomach upset if eaten.. Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
Mexico to S. Trop. America

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Solanum aturense is a species of Solanum plant with distribution in Central and Southern America. It bears red-orange berries.

Other Solanum plants

Nightshade · Dwarf Tamarillo · Solanum acaule · Solanum acerifolium · Sodaapple nightshade · Dutch Eggplant · Solanum adenophorum · Solanum adoxum · Sonoita nightshade · Ethiopian nightshade · Solanum africanum · Solanum agnewiorum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Solanum aturense by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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