Solanaceae

Potato and Nightshade Family

Solanum nigrum L.

Black Nightshade

Nepali: Kalo Biheen

This is an annual weed that is found across Asia growing in wastelands and next to roads. The determination of this plant from closely related Solanum sp. is the shape of the leaf and the berries, which in this case are black or dark orange. The Medicinal uses are many but parts of the plant can be toxic. Some medicinal uses are for gout, rheumatism, and skin disease.

Solanum varium Dunal.

Tropical Soda Apple

Nepali: 

This small shrubby plant is covered with thorns along the stems and on the leaves. The fruits are at first shades of green, then the color turns yellowish to orangish. They are edible because goats will eat them. These were growing beside the stream next to ICIMOD at an elevation of 1650m.