{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Jurubeba.JPG |image_caption = Jurubeba |genus = Solanum |species = paniculatum |authority = L. |synonyms = See text }}
'''''Solanum paniculatum''''', commonly known as '''jurubeba''', is a nightshade common in almost all of Brazil. It is used as a medicinal plant and has a bitter taste.<ref name = ss2021> [https://www.tuasaude.com/jurubeba/] www.tuasaude.com/jurubeba (2021) </ref>
An infusion of its stem and its root in sugar cane alcohol (cachaça) is popularly used as an apéritif or a digestif.
The fruits are traditionally consumed in rural areas pickled in brine and vinegar.<ref name = ss2021> [https://www.tuasaude.com/jurubeba/] www.tuasaude.com/jurubeba (2021) </ref>
==Synonyms== Well known in its native range, this species has been described time and again under different now-invalid names. Some of these are homonyms of other ''Solanum'' taxa.<ref name = ss2008>Solanaceae Source (2008)</ref>
* ''Solanum belfort'' <small>Vand.</small> * ''Solanum belfortianum'' <small>Dunal</small> * ''Solanum botelhianum'' <small>Dunal (unjustified emendation)</small> * ''Solanum botelho'' <small>Vand.</small> * ''Solanum chloroleucum'' <small>Dunal</small> * ''Solanum dictyoticum'' <small>Roem. & Schult.</small> * ''Solanum jubeba'' <small>Vell.</small> * ''Solanum macronema'' <small>Sendtn.</small> * ''Solanum manoelii'' <small>Moric.</small> * ''Solanum reticulatum'' <small>Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.</small><!-- nomen nudum or junior homonym --> :''Solanum reticulatum'' of de Jussieu from Dunal in de Candolle is ''S. vellozianum''. :''Solanum reticulatum'' of Dunal in Poiret is ''S. crotonoides'' as described by Lamarck * ''Solanum rothelianum'' <small>Steud. (''lapsus'')</small>
Two varieties were once recognized, but they are not generally considered valid anymore:<ref name = ss2008 /> * ''Solanum paniculatum var. ellipticum'' <small>Chodat</small> :Not to be confused with ''S. ellipticum'', described by Brown. The ''S. ellipticum'' of de Conceição Vellozo refers to ''S. cylindricum''. * ''Solanum paniculatum var. integrifolium'' <small>Dunal</small> :Not to be confused with the ''S. integrifolium'' of Poiret, which refers to ''S. aethiopicum''
Similar nightshade species that were once included with ''S. paniculatum'' but are now considered distinct are:<ref name = ss2008 /> * ''Solanum pseudoauriculatum'' (as f. ''flavescens'' or ssp. ''pseudoauriculatum'') * ''Solanum acutilobum'' (as var. ''acutilobum'') * ''Solanum albidum'' <small>Dunal</small> (as var. ''chulumani'')
==See also== * List of Brazilian drinks
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Footnotes== {{Commons}} * {{aut|Solanaceae Source}} (2008): [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/solanaceaesource/taxonomy/description-detail.jsp?taxa=4443 ''Solanum paniculatum'']. Version of February 2008. Retrieved 2008-SEP-25.
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