Yellow-fruit nightshade

Solanum virginianum, also called Surattense nightshade, yellow-fruit nightshade, yellow-berried nightshade, Indian nightshade, Thai green eggplant, or Thai striped eggplant (from the unripe fruit), is a medicinal plant used mostly in India. Some parts of the plant, such as the fruit, are poisonous. The common name is Kantakari. Solanum surattense Burm. f. and Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad. and Wendl. are synonyms of Solanum virginianum L. (Sharma et al., 2010).

Not to be confused with Thai eggplant, which are edible varieties of the eggplant species Solanum melongena.

Yellow-fruit nightshade
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species:
S. virginianum
Binomial name
Solanum virginianum
L.
Synonyms
List
    • Solanum arabicum Dunal
    • Solanum armatum Forssk.
    • Solanum ferox Burm.f.
    • Solanum gula Buch.-Ham.
    • Solanum jacquinii Willd.
    • Solanum jacquinii Miq.
    • Solanum macannii Santapau
    • Solanum mairei H.Lév.
    • Solanum melongena Wall.
    • Solanum surattense Burm.f.
    • Solanum virginicum L.
    • Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad.
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