Fruits & Vegetables Week: Solanum nigrum, the black nightshade

[Gurcharan Singh]

Solanum nigrum, the black nightshade, a wild herb common in wastelands, cultivated fields, roadsides. The ripe fruits are eaten raw, used in pies and preserves and in making jam.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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