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Black Nightshade

Solanum nigrum

Photo by Kranti Dhiman
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Field Notes

Description:

Common weed in open fields or land where there is shade (not seen in direct sunlight) first it flowered white which turn into green small berries and these green berries turn red colored which are unripened after ripening it turns black . Its a short lived perennial shrub.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Kranti Dhiman
Thanks YukoChartraw I checked both of your references , this species seems to be different because it has white flowers and size of berry is round . May be it belongs to same family .. i 'll going to check it thanks :)
YukoChartraw
I wonder if this is a species related to Bittersweet Nightshade. It's very similar to my spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/13159076 You can also compare with this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_dulcamara Good luck!

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The Biodiversity of Northern India
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PublishedMarch 5, 2013

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