Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:186. 1753
Verified:
11/13/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
black nightshade – blackberry nightshade – common nightshade – poisonberry – Arabic
'enab el-deeb – French
morelle noire – German
schwarzer Nachtschatten – Portuguese
erva-moura – Portuguese (Brazil)
pimenta-de-galinha – Spanish
hierba mora – Swedish
nattskatta –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Armenia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Georgia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Dagestan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia | Ciscaucasia | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kazakhstan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kyrgyzstan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Tajikistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Turkmenistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Uzbekistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Altay | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation-Western Siberia | Western Siberia | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Egypt | Sinai | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | East Europe | Belarus | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | East Europe | Estonia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | East Europe | Latvia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | East Europe | Lithuania | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | East Europe | Moldova | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | East Europe | Ukraine | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Belgium | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Czech Republic | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Hungary | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Netherlands | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Poland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Slovakia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Denmark | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Finland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Ireland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Norway | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Sweden | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bulgaria | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Croatia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Romania | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Serbia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Slovenia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Gauteng | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Limpopo | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Mpumalanga | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | North West | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Northern Cape | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Western Cape | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | Canada | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Guam | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Central America | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
| 6 | Other | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
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CAUCASUS:
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
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CHINA:
China
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
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SIBERIA:
Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation [Altay]
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Nepal, Pakistan
Europe
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EAST EUROPE:
Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France, Portugal
Naturalized
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape, Western Cape]
Asia-Temperate
Asia-Tropical
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MALESIA:
Papua New Guinea
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Northern America
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REGION:
Canada, Mexico, United States
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Guam
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
New Caledonia
Southern America
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MESOAMERICA:
Central America
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Chile
Other
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Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Harmful organism host | crop diseases | | Jones, J. B. et al. 1997. Compendium of tomato diseases. The disease compendium series. 1973- 42. |
| Human food | fruit | | Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 12(1):458. |
| Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988 |
| Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
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