It is Solanum nigrum, a commom weed in South India. I have seen plenty around Mysore city. It is commonly called 'ganike gida' in Kannada. The plants are also sold as greens 'ganike soppu'- higly medicinal value, especially for mount ulcers, redishness of ulcers due to vitamin deficiency. Fruits are edible (ganike hannu) and cherished by children / everyone. There are varieties with red fruits.
--- On Mon, 25/10/10, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:51881] Solanaceae member To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]>, "Satish Phadke" <[email protected]>, "Dr. Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]>, "TANAY BOSE" <[email protected]>, "Shrikant Ingalhalikar" <[email protected]>, "Vijayasankar Raman" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 25 October, 2010, 10:01 PM Resurfacing again for ID confirmation Earlier feedback Pankaj ji & Tanay..........................................Solanum nigrumMe..............................................................Strongly reflexed calyx in ripe black fruit, smaller shining fruits both point to S. americanum. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Satish Phadke <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 1:24 AM Subject: [efloraofindia:49287] Solanaceae member To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> Flowering last few days. A Solanaceae member Herb.Growing wild near Hanuman Tekdi. Pune Height 4 feet. No thorns/prickles. Leaves 4-5 cm ovate not lobed. Flowers white 1cm or less. Fruits sherical green turning to Purple black.Less than a cm. Regards Dr Phadke
