Solanum capsicoidesAll.

cockroach berry

WFO wfo-0001026851 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Solanum capsicoides, photographed by Darren Oh
fig. a Darren Oh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-06-05 / obs. 203554718
Solanum capsicoides, photographed by Brendan McIntyre
fig. b Brendan McIntyre, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188704003
Solanum capsicoides, photographed by 葉子
fig. c 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 190270323
Solanum capsicoides, photographed by Lauren Gillett
fig. d Lauren Gillett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173320855
Solanum capsicoides, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. e Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173679139
Solanum capsicoides, photographed by Max Mirel
fig. f Max Mirel, CC0 1.0 / obs. 172198736
Solanum capsicoides, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. g Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 169100689
Solanum capsicoides, photographed by 張家瑜
fig. h 張家瑜, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168641345

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Solanum capsicoides is native: Argentina Northeast, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles Argentina NortheastBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastColombiaVenezuela Venezuelan Antilles
Native distribution of Solanum capsicoides, 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 Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Colombia CLM
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA

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 17 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 aculeatissimum var. denudatum Dunal
  • Solanum arrebenta Vell.
  • Solanum bodinieri H.Lév. & Vaniot
  • Solanum capsicoides Hort.Paris ex Lam.
  • Solanum ciliare Willd.
  • Solanum ciliatum Lam.
  • Solanum ciliatum var. arenarium Dunal
  • Solanum ciliatum var. multiflorum Dunal
  • Solanum exarmatum Anil, Maya, Soumya & K.Murugan
  • Solanum macowanii Fourc.
  • Solanum pentapetaloides Roxb.
  • Solanum pentapetaloides Roxb. ex Hornem.
  • Solanum pentapetalum Schltdl.
  • Solanum sinuatifolium Vell.
  • Solanum sphaerocarpum Moric.
  • Solanum ungens Weinm.
  • Solanum xanthocarpum var. geoffrayi Bonati

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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