Widespread in the Western Hemisphere with about 25 synonyms. Known as Divine Nightshade due to reported medicinal uses. Photo from near Papallacta Hotsprings, Ecuador. www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/spuds/index.html
Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.Solanum wrightii Benth. Solanaceae. CN: [Malay - Terung bunga], Brazilian potato-tree, Potato-tree. Native of Bolivia. Planted as grafting gene stock; grows quickly into a bushy tree of 15 feet in height and 15' wide. Grown for its ornamental purpose. The leaves are large, lobed and prickly. Flowers are fragrant and change their color from white to pink to lavender. Another species of Solanaceae displaying similar flower shades as it aged is, Brunfelsia pauciflora (www.flickr.com/photos/adaduitokla/6314976324/), commonly called Yesterday-today-tomorrow. Synonym(s):Solanum setosicalyx RusbyRef and suggested reading:www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-29603885www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?101428zipcodezoo.com/Plants/S/Solanum_wrightii/
One of the Desert Thorn species, found in southern California and northwestern Mexico. Photo from near the town of Pescadero, Baja California, where it is one of the species known as Frutilla.
The Marmalade Bush is native from Venezuela to Peru. Photo from El Dorado Lodge in northeastern Colombia, where it has been planted to attract hummingbirds.
Kohler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erlauterndem Texte :.Gera-Untermhaus :Fr. Eugen Kohler,[1883-1914].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/303582