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  • COMMON NAME: black nightshade
  • ARABIC: عنب الديب، شرنجبان، شجرة الغراب
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Solanum nigrum L.
  • FAMILY: SOLANACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Sharjah , Umm-Al-Quwain , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Fruits (F)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Terrace
  • TYPES: Annual
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. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30048260-2 Chen X, Dai X, Liu Y, Yang Y, Yuan L, He X, Gong G. Solanum nigrum Linn.: An Insight into Current Research on Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology. Front Pharmacol. 2022 Aug 16;13:918071. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.918071. PMID: 36052142; PMCID: PMC9424827. https://www.earth.com/plant-encyclopedia/angiosperms/solanaceae/solanum-nigrum/en/
Edible fruit.

Annual herb, up to 50 cm high, subglabrous, rarely villous, usually dark-green to blackish on drying. Stems decumbent to erect, branched, nearly terete. Leaves 2-6 cm long, 2-4.5 cm wide, ovate-rhombic to lanceolate, entire to sinuate-dentate. Cymes 3-10 flowered, lax, solitary. Peduncles longer than pedicels. Calyx 1-2.5 mm long, lobes usually ovate. Corolla 8-18 mm in diameter, white, lobes pilose outside. Berry black, globose, 6-10 mm wide, dull black or green. Seeds 1.7-2.5 mm across. 

Flowering mainly in Spring and summer.
Plantations and waste places.
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