Solanum angustifolium

Solanum angustifolium is a member of Solanum, a very large and morphologically diverse genus in the family Solanaceae, comprising approximately 1,500 species of herbs, shrubs, vines and small trees distributed worldwide but with a centre of diversity in the Neotropics. The epithet angustifolium refers to narrow leaves, a feature that has been independently applied to several Solanum taxa over the history of the genus, and the name as a strict combination has uncertain taxonomic standing today. As with other members of Solanum, plants bearing this name typically have alternate, simple to lobed leaves, often clothed in stellate hairs and sometimes armed with prickles. The inflorescence is a cymose or paniculate arrangement of five-merous, stellate to rotate flowers with yellow anthers connivent into a central cone, and the fruit is a many-seeded berry. Most Solanaceae contain steroidal glycoalkaloids such as solasodine and solanine that can be toxic if ingested, and no part of any unverified Solanum should be consumed.