Solanum rigidum is a species of plant in the family Solanaceae.

[2] Solanum rigidum is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.

[2] It is native to Cape Verde[4] with it being present on 5 islands.

According to the IUCN, the species seems to have disappeared from São Vicente and Boavista.

[1] Collections of this species in found the Caribbean have most likely been introduced from the Cape Verde by slave ships.