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NAME: Black Nightshade

SPECIES / FAMILY:  Solanum Nigrum, Solanum Ptychanthum, Solanum Americanum / Solanaceae

OTHER COMMON NAME(S): 

CONDITIONS: partial sun
 

PARTS:	EDIBLE	TASTE	RAW/COOK	SEASON
All
Shoots
Leaves			COOK	Spring
Buds/Flowers
Fruits		blueberry&tomato	RAW/COOK	Late Summer
Roots
Seeds
Nuts
Pods
Stalk
Bark

 

PORTION: small

 

COMMENT:  Cook young leaves, fruit must be ripe. As with many fruit, tastes sweeter if dried, cooked, or frozen.

 

CAUTION: “high concentrations of toxic alkaloids (solanine and others) found in green berries and smaller amounts in leaves. Cooking leaves reduces toxins to safe levels.” (4)

 

NUTRITION / MEDICINAL: assorted vitamins, minerals (4)

 

LOOK-A-LIKES:  

 

POISONOUS LOOK-A-LIKES: Horsenettle - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_carolinense

 

OTHER USES:

 

SOURCE LINKS (may include nutritional and medicinal info, plus other uses):

1. https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Solanum+nigrum      
2. http://www.eattheweeds.com/american-nightshade-a-much-maligned-edible
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_americanum
4. http://www.foragingtexas.com/2007/10/black-nightshade.html  (good photos)
5. http://www.pennilessparenting.com/2018/06/foraging-black-nightshade-solanum.html
6. https://www.rootsimple.com/2012/07/black-nightshade-solanum-nigrum-is-edible-and-delicious
7. https://vitalveda.com.au/tag/black-berry-nightshade (recipe)
8. https://www.specialtyproduce.com/produce/Black_Nightshade_Berries_12970.php (recipe)
9. http://www.thesurvivalgardener.com/black-nightshade-deliciously-dangerous
10. http://66squarefeet.blogspot.com/2017/01/disturbed-ground.html