Wild Flowering Plants

Solanaceae
Solanum americanum   Mill.
Agouman
New World.
Quite common herb of open and semi-open dry and moist areas.
It has been suggested to me that some specimens look like Solanum nigrescens (see second set of images) but on close examination, I have decided that we do have a single but variable species.
All our plants have a shiny black fruit and the calyx conspicuously reflexed in the fruit so I keep the name Solanum americanum.
local medicinal uses
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