Family | Solanaceae |
Scientific name | Solanum nigrum L. |
Synonyms | Solanum atriplicifolium Desportes ex Dunal; Solanum canescens Kitaibel in Kanitz; Solanum decipiens Opiz in Všemír (Wssemjr) von Berchtold et Opiz; Solanum dillenii Schultes; Solanum humile Bernhardi; Solanum nigrum subsp. humile (Bernhardi) Marzell; Solanum judaicum Besser; Solanum moschatum C. Presl in J. et C. Presl; Solanum nigrum var. atriplicifolium G. Meyer; Solanum nigrum subsp. dillenii (Schultes) Nyman; Solanum nigrum subsp. humile (Bernhardi) Marzell; Solanum nigrum subsp. moschatum (C. Presl) Arcangeli; Solanum nigrum subsp. schultesii (Opiz, 1843) Wessely; Solanum nitens Opiz in Všemír (Wssemjr) von Berchtold et Opiz; Solanum ochroleucum Bastard in Desvaux; Solanum oleraceum Dunal ex Poiret; Solanum schultesii Opiz in Všemír (Wssemjr) von Berchtold et Opiz; Solanum suffruticosum Schousboe ex von Willdenow; Solanum tauschii Opiz in Všemír (Wssemjr) von Berchtold et Opiz; Solanum triangulare de Monnet de Lamarck; Solanum villosum Miller subsp. ochroleucum (Bastard) Nyman; Solanum vulgare Hegetschweiler |
Common name | (Japanese common name) inu houdzuki [false houdzuki (houdzuki = Physalis alkekengi var. francheti)] |
(English common name) black nightshade, common nightshade, poisonberry | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, SW Asia, India, Europe | |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants 40-90cm tall. Leaves 4-18cm long, 2-7.5cm wide. Flowers white corollas 3-5mm, flowering in August to October. Annual plants. |
Reference | Solanum nigrum L. |
Solanum nigrum Linnaeus |
October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |