Solanum candidumLindl.

fuzzyfruit nightshade

WFO wfo-0001026818 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 6 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 6 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Solanum candidum, photographed by Oscar Gonzalez Diaz
fig. a Oscar Gonzalez Diaz, CC0 1.0 / 2022-01-17 / obs. 176307422
Solanum candidum, photographed by Luis F. Ramírez
fig. b Luis F. Ramírez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57265713
Solanum candidum, photographed by Jonathan Rodriguez
fig. c Jonathan Rodriguez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 30570281
Solanum candidum, photographed by Luis F. Ramírez
fig. d Luis F. Ramírez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57265708
Solanum candidum, photographed by adel-fridus
fig. e adel-fridus, CC0 1.0 / obs. 41882288
Solanum candidum, photographed by David Umanzor
fig. f David Umanzor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171981983
Solanum candidum, photographed by Ana Nuño
fig. g Ana Nuño, CC0 1.0 / obs. 159722825
Solanum candidum, photographed by adel-fridus
fig. h adel-fridus, CC0 1.0 / obs. 41881999

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Solanum candidum is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáPeru
Native distribution of Solanum candidum, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 4 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.

  • Solanum boquetense Standl.
  • Solanum huitlanum Brandegee
  • Solanum tequilense A.Gray
  • Solanum tonduzii Bitter

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.