Solanum torvum

#279 They called me Solanum torvum, also known as Solanum mannii, and Solanum wightii. I pay homage to the male botanists Gustav Mann, and Robert Wight, or William Franklin Wight. They first catalogued me in 1788.

Native to Bahamas, Belize, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..