Sticky Nightshade
Solanum sisymbriifolium
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Solanum sisymbriifolium
- Genus
- Solanum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles in High Ranges, sometimes grown in gardens
- Habitat type
- Scrub, Cultivated
- Native to
- South America
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Bihar, Jharkhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Solanaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Solanaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Bengali
- সাদা কন্টিকারি
About Sticky Nightshade
Sticky Nightshade (Solanum sisymbriifolium) is a shrub belonging to the Solanaceae family (Nightshade/Tomato family). Members of this family are generally characterised by alternate simple leaves, cymose (extra-axillary) flower clusters, berry/capsule fruit. It is typically found in scrub jungles in high ranges, sometimes grown in gardens. It is native to South America. It flowers and fruits through much of the year. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
Sticky Nightshade belongs to the Solanaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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