EPPO Global Database

Solanum elaeagnifolium(SOLEL)

Distribution details in Algeria

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2025: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Introduced.

EPPO Reporting Service (2006/018) : present in the east.

Found in wastelands in the city of Jijel, and in Hammam Dalaa (Véla et al., 2013).

EPPO Reporting Service (2025/249) : reported in the Naâma region of Algeria.
References
* Personala communication with M. Fenni and D. Sarri (2005).

* Gordo B, Khamar H, Laguna E, Verloove F (2025) An update and catalogue of alien vascular plant species in the Naâma region of Algeria. Botanica 31 115-128.

* Meddour R, Sahar O, Fried G (2020) A preliminary checklist of the alien flora of Algeria (North Africa): taxonomy, traits and invasiveness potential. Botany Letters, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2020.180277

* Véla E, Rebbas K, Meddour R, de Bélair G (2013) Notes et compléments sur quelques taxons traits dans les volumes 1 à 4. Note sur quelques xénophytes nouveaux pour l’Algérie (et la Tunisie). Addenda. Notes. Xénophytes. p. 372.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Libya Present, no details view...
Morocco Present, restricted distribution view...
Tunisia Present, restricted distribution view...