#nightshade any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit
supertype: woody_plant__woodyplant__ligneous_plant a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems
member of: genus_Solanum
subtype: kangaroo_apple__poroporo__Solanum_aviculare Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit
subtype: horse_nettle__horsenettle__ball_nettle__bull_nettle__ball_nightshade__Solanum_carolinense coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States
subtype: bittersweet_nightshade__bittersweetnightshade__bittersweet__climbing_nightshade__deadly_nightshade__poisonous_nightshade__poisonousnightshade__woody_nightshade__woodynightshade__Solanum_dulcamara poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
subtype: trompillo__white_horse_nettle__whitehorsenettle__prairie_berry__purple_nightshade__silverleaf_nightshade__silver-leaved_nightshade__silver-leaved_nettle__Solanum_elaeagnifolium weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America
subtype: African_holly__Solanum_giganteum woolly-stemmed biennial arborescent shrub of tropical Africa and southern Asia having silvery-white prickly branches, clusters of blue or white flowers, and bright red berries resembling holly berries
subtype: black_nightshade__blacknightshade__common_nightshade__poisonberry__Solanum_nigrum Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible
subtype: garden_huckleberry__wonderberry__sunberry__Solanum_nigrum_guineese__Solanum_melanocerasum__Solanum_burbankii improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries
subtype: Jerusalem_cherry__winter_cherry__Madeira_winter_cherry__Solanum_pseudocapsicum small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
subtype: buffalo_bur__Solanum_rostratum North American nightshade with with prickly foliage and racemose yellow flowers
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