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Solanum nigrum
Dangerous to: cattle, sheep, horses, pigs
If an animal has eaten this, call your vet.

About
Solanum nigrum, the European black nightshade or simply black nightshade or blackberry nightshade, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Solanum, native to Eurasia and introduced in the Americas, Australasia, and South Africa. Ripe berries and cooked leaves of edible strains are used as food in some locales, and plant parts are used as a traditional medicine. In South Africa made into a jam called "Nastergal Konfyt". A tendency exists in literature to incorrectly...
- Family
- Solanaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Solanum nigrum
- Slug
- solanum-nigrum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
- Species
- nigrum
- Wikidata QID
- Q146400
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
Generated sections & citations
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