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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Solanum nigrum''
| image = Solanum nigrum.jpeg
| image_width = 225px
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Solanales]]
| familia = [[Solanaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Solanum]]''
| species = '''''S. nigrum'''''
| binomial = ''Solanum nigrum''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Subspecies]]
| subdivision =
''S. nigrum'' subsp. ''nigrum''<br/>
''S. nigrum'' subsp. ''schultesii''
}}
[[Image:Solanum nigrum fruit black.jpg|thumb|225px|Black nightshade berries]]
'''''Solanum nigrum''''' ('''Black Nightshade''', '''Duscle''', '''Garden Nightshade''', '''Hound's Berry''', '''Petty Morel''', '''Small-fruited black nightshade''', '''Sunberry''', or '''Wonderberry''') is a species in the ''[[Solanum]]'' genus, native to [[Eurasia]] and also introduced in the [[Americas]].
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The green berries and mature leaves contain [[glycoalkaloid]]s and are poisonous to eat raw. Their toxicity varies and there are some strains which have edible berries when fully ripe.<ref>Nancy J Turner, Adam F Szczawinski, "Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America" p.128</ref> The plant has a long history of medicinal usage, dating back to ancient Greece.
Black nightshade is a fairly common plant, found in many wooded areas, as well as disturbed habitats. It has a height of 30-120 cm (12-48"), leaves 4-7.5 cm (1 1/2-3") long; ovate to heart-shaped, with wavy or large-toothed edges. The flowers have petals greenish to whitish, recurved when aged and surround prominent bright yellow anthers. The fruits are oval black berries in small hanging clusters.
==References==
<references/>
==External links==
* [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/Crops/Wonderberry.html Solanum nigrum (Purdue University)]
[[Category:Solanum]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
[[Category:Poisonous plants]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Solanum nigrum''
| image = Solanum nigrum.jpeg
| image_width = 225px
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Solanales]]
| familia = [[Solanaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Solanum]]''
| species = '''''S. nigrum'''''
| binomial = ''Solanum nigrum''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Subspecies]]
| subdivision =
''S. nigrum'' subsp. ''nigrum''<br/>
''S. nigrum'' subsp. ''schultesii''
}}
[[Image:Solanum nigrum fruit black.jpg|thumb|225px|Black nightshade berries]]
'''''Solanum nigrum''''' ('''Black Nightshade''', '''Duscle''', '''Garden Nightshade''', '''Hound's Berry''', '''Petty Morel''', '''Small-fruited black nightshade''', '''Sunberry''', or '''Wonderberry''') is a species in the ''[[Solanum]]'' genus, native to [[Eurasia]] and also introduced in the [[Americas]].
<!--[[Imagen:Hazard_T.svg|40px]]-->
The green berries and mature leaves contain [[glycoalkaloid]]s and are poisonous to eat raw. Their toxicity varies and there are some strains which have edible berries when fully ripe.<ref>Nancy J Turner, Adam F Szczawinski, "Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America" p.128</ref> The plant has a long history of medicinal usage, dating back to ancient Greece.
Black nightshade is a fairly common plant, found in many wooded areas, as well as disturbed habitats. It has a height of 30-120 cm (12-48"), leaves 4-7.5 cm (1 1/2-3") long; ovate to heart-shaped, with wavy or large-toothed edges. The flowers have petals greenish to whitish, recurved when aged and surround prominent bright yellow anthers. The fruits are oval black berries in small hanging clusters.
==References==
<references/>
==External links==
* [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/Crops/Wonderberry.html Solanum nigrum (Purdue University)]
[[Category:Solanum]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
[[Category:Poisonous plants]]
