Species
Solanum mauritianum (Bugweed)
Solanum mauritianum. Photo: (c) ronavery, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Solanum mauritianum is a small tree or shrub native to South America, including Northern Argentina, Southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It has become a widespread invasive weed in Azores Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, Hawai‘i, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Réunion Island, Mauritius, Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand, India, Sri Lanka and several southern African countries. Its common names include earleaf nightshade (or “ear-leaved nightshade”), woolly nightshade, flannel weed, bugweed, tobacco weed, tobacco bush, wild tobacco…
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