{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Solanum marginatum1LEST.jpg |genus = Solanum |species = marginatum |authority = L.f. |synonyms = ''Solanum abyssinicum'' }}
'''''Solanum marginatum''''' is a species of plant in the family Solanaceae known by the common names '''purple African nightshade'''<ref>{{PLANTS|id=SOMA|taxon=Solanum marginatum|accessdate=17 November 2015}}</ref> and '''white-margined nightshade'''. It is native to Ethiopia and Eritrea,<ref>{{GRIN | accessdate = 21 January 2018}}</ref> and it is known on other continents as an introduced species and sometimes a weed. It is a hairy shrub growing up to two meters tall. The large, distinctive, gray-green leaves are wavy along the edges, woolly on the undersides, and measure up to 18 centimeters long. The veins are white and lined with large, widely spaced prickles. The inflorescence contains several white flowers, hanging or nodding bisexual flowers and erect staminate flowers with large yellow anthers. The fruit is a yellow berry up to 5 centimeters wide.
This is one of several ''Solanum'' species that contain solasodine.<ref>[http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/ipc/weedinfo/solanum-carolinense.htm CDFA EncycloWeedia]</ref>
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==External links== *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7625,7682,7692 Jepson Manual Treatment] *[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Solanum+marginatum Photo gallery]
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marginatum Category:Plants described in 1782
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