Black nightshade
ಕಾಕಮಾಚಿ-ಕಾಗೆ ಗಿಡमकोयமணதக்காளிக் கீரை
Solanum nigrum L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 84 cm
- wide
- 51 cm
Solanaceae
Also called Black Nightshade
Formerly Solanum astroites, Solanum bidentatum, Solanum cechicum, Solanum cestrifolium, and 19 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Annual or perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- W. & S. Europe to Temp. E. Asia, Macaronesia, N. & NE. Trop. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 1.4 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 10 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Simplified Chinese
- 山辣椒, 白花菜, 野海椒
- Chinese
- 白花菜, 喀西茄, 龙葵
- Saterland Frisian
- Fuulbäie
- Afrikaans
- Nastergal
- Arabic
- عنب الذئب
- Asturian
- yerbamora
- Azerbaijani
- Qara quşüzümü
- Bashkir
- Ҡара эт ҡарағаты
- Bangla
- তিতবেগুন, কাকমাচি
- Catalan
- Morella vera
- Corsican
- Cinnerone
- Czech
- lilek černý
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Solanum nigrum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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