Solanum nigrum L.

Common Name : Black nightshade
Family : Solanaceae

HABIT

A VARIABLE ANNUAL HERB.

STEMS

UP TO 1 M TALL WITH AN ERECT, GLABROUS OR SPARSELY PUBESCENT STEM AND DIVARICATE BRANCHING PATTERN.

LEAVES

2.5-9 CM LONG AND 2-5 CM WIDE, OVATE OR OVATELANCEOLATE, GLABROUS, THIN, MARGINS SUBENTIRE TO SINUATELY TOOTHED, TAPERING INTO THE PETIOLE, APEX SUBACUTE OR ACUMINATE.

FLOWERS

SMALL, WHITE, BORNE IN DROOPING, UMBELLATE 3-8 FLOWERED CYMES.

FRUITS

BERRIES GLOBOSE, 5-8 MM IN DIAMETER, RED, YELLOW OR PURPLISH-BLACK WHEN RIPE.

SEEDS

NUMEROUS, DISC-SHAPED, 1.5 MM IN DIAMETER,  YELLOW, MINUTELY PITTED.