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  • COMMON NAME: Orange nightshade
  • ARABIC: عنب الديب
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Solanum luteum Mill.
  • SYNONYMS: S. villosum (L.)
  • FAMILY: SOLANACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Fruits (F)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Terrace
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Rare in the UAE. (Shaam, Wadi shaam, Dibba).
https://www.floraofqatar.com/solanum_luteum.htm Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007.

Annual herb, 30-50 cm high, unarmed, villous, usually yellowish green when dried. Stem erect, branched, angled. Leaves petiolate, ovate-rhombic, 2-7 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, usually sinuate-dentate, cuneate at base. Cymes nodding, 3-6 flowerd, peduncles equaling or shorter than pedicels. Calyx-lobes triangular, 2-3 mm long. Corolla rotate, white, 8-12 mm in diameter. Anthers 1.5-2.5 mm long, yellow, dehiscing by apical pores. Berries globes, 6-10 mm in diameter, yellow to red-orange. Seeds 1.5-2 mm across. 

Flowering from February to June.
Waste places and roadsides.
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