Stats

Lifespan

Annual

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical forest

Range

The Americas

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Common

About

This herbaceous plant thrives in the tropical and subtropical soils of the Americas. Its glossy berries contain tiny seeds that remain dormant in the ground for over thirty years.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Solanaceae

Genus

Solanum

Species

Solanum americanum