Solanaceae
Jamaican nightshade
Solanum jamaicense
Also known as Solanum portoricense, Solanum dubium, Cockroach berry, Solanum willdenovianum
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Solanum · Nightshade · Tropical · Rare · Collector · Solanaceae · Warm-Climate · Specialty · Unusual · Exotic
This tropical nightshade species requires warm temperatures and protection from cold to survive. Provide well-draining soil and regular watering during the growing season, reducing in winter if grown as a container plant. Best suited for collectors of unusual solanaceae or tropical plant enthusiasts.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water when top inch of soil is dry, allowing slight drying between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–8
- Temperature
- 50°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 9a-11b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 15 ft
- Spread
- 10 ft
- Spacing
- 48 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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