naturalizedSolanaceae
Solanum seaforthianum
Brazilian Nightshade
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Solanum seaforthianum, the Brazilian nightshade, is a flowering evergreen vine of the Solanaceae family native to tropical South America. As a member of the Solanum genus, it is related to such plants as the tomato and potato. It is characterized by clusters of four to seven leaves and can climb to a height of 6 m (20 ft) given enough room. It blooms in the mid to late summer with clusters of star-shaped purple inflorescence followed by scarlet...
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Seasonality
Only 6 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 9 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 45 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 83 · GBIF 81 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 12 · GBIF 11 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 6 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 6 ✓
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 3 ✓
Naholoku · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Mohopilo · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kahikinui · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 4
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hālawa · MolokaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kukuihaele · HawaiʻiGBIF 4
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokāne · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāhili · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalapana, Kupahua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikapū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Manawai · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pālāwai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
East Waiakalua · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻā · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaimū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kalaupapa · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Wahiawa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waiʻōhinu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kōloa · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kahana · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kamananui · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuGBIF 1
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuGBIF 1