Solanum americanum Mill. (Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Maria Galante,Martinique, Monserrat, Saba, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cayman Island (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti, Navassa,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Culebra, Mona, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) ( ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native),
Common Names: Agouman (L. Antilles), Black nightshade (Jamaica), Gooma-bush (Bahamas), Gouma (Jamaica), Ink balls (L. Antilles), Ink-berry (Bahamas), Laman (Haiti), Lamat (Haiti), Lanman (Haiti), Lanman à graines noire(s) (Haiti), Lanman noir (Haiti), Lanment (Haiti), L'homme (Haiti), Maman laman (Haiti), Maman lanman (Haiti), Menman (Haiti), Mora (Cuba), Morelle noire (Dominican Republic), Morita (Dominican Republic), Nightshade (L. Antilles), Yerba mora (Dominican Republic),
Synonyms: Solanum americanum Mill. var. nodiflorum (Jacq.) Edmonds (J. Arnold Arbor. 52: 634. 1971.), Solanum americanum Mill. subsp. nodiflorum (Jacq.) R.J.F. Hend. (Austrobaileya 2: 555. 1988.), Solanum caribaeum Dunal (in A.L.P.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 48. 1852.), Solanum desvauxii Ham. (Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. 26. 1825.), Solanum indecorum A. Rich. (in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 121. 1850.), Solanum nigrum sensu Britton & P. Wilson, non L. (Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 6: 166. 1925.), Solanum nigrum sensu Britton & Millsp., non L. (Bahama Fl. 383. 1920.), Solanum nigrum L. var. americanum (Mill.) O.E. Schulz (in I. Urban, Symb. Antill. 6: 160. 1909.), Solanum nigrum L. var. virginicum sensu Sw., non L. (Observ. Bot. 83. 1791.), Solanum nodiflorum Jacq. (Collectanea 2: 288. 1789 ["1788"].), Solanum pterocaulon Dunal (Hist. Nat. Solanum 119. 1813.), Solanum purpuratum Bitter (Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 85. 1913.),
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