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black nightshade - Small fruit

atropa belladonna

Description:

Small Black berry

Habitat:

Normally found in tropical Indian terrain.

Notes:

It is actually commonly found in garden, back yard or road side. It is about a two feet height small plantlet. The berry are 4 -5 mm in dia. The fruits are green when not ripe, turns black when it is ripe. It is bitter when green, but sweet like tomato when it is ripe. It is not grown by intention. It just grows on its own. It is called Kaki fruit in kannada language (a south Indian language)

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1 Comment

MahabaleshwaraB
MahabaleshwaraB 9 years ago

Toxic ! I am not sure. The fruits are very tasty and eaten by kids and all.

MahabaleshwaraB
Spotted by
MahabaleshwaraB

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Oct 3, 2014
Submitted on Oct 5, 2014

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