S. capsicoides has erect stems, cylindrical, green or reddish, hairy, full of large and sharp spines. The leaves have long stalks, five pointed ends, thick, shiny green, hairy, a large vein in the middle and many small pinnate veins, both sides have large and sharp spines.
The flowers are star-shaped, have a stalk, five ears are white, the middle is yellow and conical. The fruit is perfectly spherical, young bright green with dark streaks, ripe bright red and has a long stalk.
Cockroach berry grows in forests, farmlands, roadsides, waterways, open and shady places, solitary or small groups.
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Subfamily: Solanoideae
Tribe: Solaneae
Genus: Solanum
Species: Solanum capsicoides
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