EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: SOLNI
• Preferred name: Solanum nigrum
• Authority: Linnaeus

Euromediterranean region, Black Sea, Caucasus, Macaronesia, Siberia, Russian Far East, Central Asia, Western Asia, Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, China (including Taiwan, Tibet), Korea, Japan, Sudan, Ethiopia. Selected varieties are cultivated for their edible fruits (huckleberries). Introduced in Malesia, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand. It may be noted that S. nigrum was previously considered to include the American populations of the species, but these are now distinguished as S. americanum (q.v.)

WSSA list of weeds in North America