Solanum nigrum L.

Filed As

Solanaceae
Solanum nigrum L. s.str.

Collector(s)

M. H. Nee 30110, 04 Sep 1984

Location

United States of America. New York. Bronx Co. Bronx. Around Jerome Park Reservoir.

Habitat

Growing with Solanum ptychanthum Dunal (see no. 30111 for a collection made about 100 km. away).

Description

Annual herbs, with a single erect stem dividing at top into few, ascending branches; plant slightly viscid, odorless. Pedicels at various angles in anthesis, down-curved in fruit, becoming yellowish in fruit, with purple toward the tip; calyx lobes becoming recurved away from the base of mature berry; corolla white with green center, 9-10 mm broad, the lobes spreading; anthers yellow. Fruit globose, 9 mm in diameter, very dark purple, appearing black at maturity, juicy, the juice nearly colorless but easily becoming purple from the crushed fruit wall or purple pulp around seeds; seeds very pale tan, nearly white; fruit with bland taste, but very slightly and pleasantly sweet, with no bitter aftertaste. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 00823564

Occurrence ID: ea67dddf-f34a-4c87-a0e1-b79ea4a9f440

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