Solanum betaceumCav.

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WFO wfo-0001026534 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Solanum betaceum, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. a Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-04 / obs. 203241874
Solanum betaceum, photographed by EMDGL5
fig. b EMDGL5, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193190195
Solanum betaceum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. c Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 187031101
Solanum betaceum, photographed by Chen Jia Hong
fig. d Chen Jia Hong, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172362628
Solanum betaceum, photographed by Joe Dillon
fig. e Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 145301303
Solanum betaceum, photographed by Arnim Littek
fig. f Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 140121535
Solanum betaceum, photographed by Doug Miller
fig. g Doug Miller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134762452
Solanum betaceum, photographed by naturewatchwidow
fig. h naturewatchwidow, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 124941562

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Solanum betaceum is native: Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Windward Is. Argentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaEcuadorPeruVenezuela Windward Is.
Native distribution of Solanum betaceum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northwest AGW SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Ecuador ECU
Peru PER
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendtn.
  • Cyphomandra betacea var. betacea
  • Cyphomandra crassifolia (Ortega) J.F.Macbr.
  • Cyphomandra crassifolia (Ortega) Kuntze
  • Cyphomandra procera Wawra
  • Pionandra betacea (Cav.) Miers
  • Solanum crassifolium Ortega
  • Solanum insigne Lowe
  • Solanum obliquum Bertero ex Dunal

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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