That juice also breaks down proteins. As soon as I saw nightshade, I began to wonder is it poisonous even though I ate three of them. “It’s a bush,” I say to the phone to no avail. They are growing with our tomatoes plants. It is a concern in pastures or hay crops because all vegetative parts of the plant can poison livestock. The fourth variety is considered too bitter to eat. I’m currently living in the United States and I’m trying to find out where I can get a steady supply for myself and fellow Kenyans. Tons of it used to grow up all the buildings. As its old scientific name indicates, it is of hybrid origin. I’ve grown up eating the berries in spite of everyone say not to back in RUSSIA! What we don’t know, and I’ve never found in English, is whether the young plant boiled is edible. Hope you find the cultural information interesting. I am only speculating about the information gap we have. But if I had to make a guess that would be it. Learn how your comment data is processed. Some say the adult plant has some red under its leaves. But as time passed botanists had different opinions and the names were changed, or worse combined, such as Solanum nigrum var. [13], Significant amounts of solasodine (0.65%) have been found in the green berries. The older the leaves get the more bitter and toxic they are, so foragers should collect younger leaves and tops and not eat it to excess. We’ve blogged about the confusion between the edible Solanum nigrum and the toxic “deadly nightshade” or Atropa belladonna in a post last year. — Sam Brungardt, I have a nightshade of some form growing in my cherry tomatoes.. i jumped like a saw a rattler when i noticed it at first! Have you got any ideas? Its ripe fruit is edible as are its cooked leaves, according to Edward Schelling and Qi-sheng Ma, Department of Botany, University of Tennessee, as reported on page 223, Vol. We also sun-dry them after marinating them in salted buttermilk (water added to yogurt and churned with a hand-held wooden churner into a smooth liquid). I was surprised that it smelled like a tomato and went online to find out what it is. However, the S. ptycanthum is the most wildly dispersed and reported in most areas. I have a plant that seems to match the description…the pulp inside the ripe berry is GREEN. I’ve reached my destination. The fruits are used as seeds or a dye. Might it have been an unripe ground cherry? Thanks for the information best I’ve found so far on this plant. Served over hot rice and sometimes eaten with hands, no utensils. Until I find a reputable published source that says it is edible and explains how, it is on my toxic avoid list. There are different varieties of edible black nightshade, solanum nigrum, and they don't all have the same shaped leaves. In Kenya four varieties of it grow and three are highly sought after. [8] The green fruit is particularly poisonous and eating unripe berries has caused the death of children. I’m trying to identify my variety and it exactly matches the descriptions of solanum americanum, except the green berries arent speckled with white, and the berries aren’t glossy…more matte or full. But the others don’t. In fact, let me include what soon-to-be PhD and author Delena Tull writes in her book Edible and Useful Plants of Texas and the Southwest. Sam Thayer in his latest book, Nature’s Garden, also argues they are edible. Just in case. But the don’t adhere to their stems…just full off. U.S. Weed Information; Solanum americanum . However there might be a little wiggle room, and that is shear speculation on my part. Parts and the leaves she was looking for 050404 10 at Mokeehia,,... 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