{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{italic title}} {{Speciesbox |name = Cockroach berry |image = Solanum capsicoides.jpg |genus = Solanum |species = capsicoides |authority = All. |synonyms = See text }}
'''''Solanum capsicoides''''', the '''cockroach berry''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=SOCA10|taxon=Solanum capsicoides|accessdate=17 November 2015}}</ref> is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is native to eastern Brazil but naturalized in other tropical regions, where it sometimes becomes an invasive weed.<ref>PIER (2007)</ref><ref>{{citation | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0001042 |date=Oct 2007 | author = Guézou, A | author2 = Pozo, P | author3 = Buddenhagen, C | editor1-last = Cresswell | editor1-first = Will | title = Preventing establishment: an inventory of introduced plants in Puerto Villamil, Isabela Island, Galapagos | volume = 2 | issue = 10 | article-number = e1042 | pmid = 17940606 | pmc = 2002516 | journal = PLOS ONE |bibcode=2007PLoSO...2.1042G |doi-access=free }} {{open access}}</ref>
==Synonyms== This species had been included in ''S. aculeatissimum'' as variety ''denudatum'' by Dunal (''Solanum denudatum'' of Bitter is ''S. humile'' as described by Lamarck). It was also included in the eggplant (''S. melongena'') under its junior synonym ''S. trongum'' (as var. ''sinuato-pinnatifidum''), also by Dunal.<ref name = ss2006>Solanaceae Source (2006)</ref>
In addition, the cockroach berry is sometimes referenced under the following obsolete names:<ref name = ss2006 /> * ''Solanum arrebenta'' <small>Vell.</small> * ''Solanum bodinieri'' <small>H.Lév. & Vaniot</small> * ''Solanum capsicoides'' <small>Hort. Paris ex Lam. (preoccupied)</small> * ''Solanum ciliare'' <small>Willd.</small> * ''Solanum ciliatum'' <small>Lam.</small> :''S. ciliatum'' of Blume from F.A.W. Miquel is an undetermined species of ''Lycianthes''. * ''Solanum ciliatum'' var. ''arenarium'' <small>Dunal</small> :''S. arenarium'' of Schur is ''S. villosum'' as described by Philip Miller. :''S. arenarium'' of Otto Sendtner is a valid species * ''Solanum macowanii'' <small>Fourc.</small> * ''Solanum pentapetaloides'' <small>Roxb. ex Hornem.</small> :''S. pentapetaloides'' of Bojer from Dunal in de Candolle is ''S. imamense''. * ''Solanum pentapetalum'' <small>Schltdl.</small> * ''Solanum sinuatifolium'' <small>Vell.</small> * ''Solanum sphaerocarpum'' <small>Moric.</small>
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==Footnotes== * {{aut|Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)}} (2007): [http://www.hear.org/pier/species/solanum_capsicoides.htm ''Solanum capsicoides'']. Version of 2007-MAR-21. Retrieved 2007-SEP-15. * {{aut|Solanaceae Source}} (2006): [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/solanaceaesource/taxonomy/description-detail.jsp?taxa=1576 ''Solanum sessiliflorum'']. Version of May 2006. Retrieved 2008-SEP-26.
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capsicoides Category:Taxa named by Carlo Allioni
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