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Old 03-11-2002, 04:59 PM
Kay Easton
 
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Default What is plant with miniature potatoe flowers/berries

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I've found a plant that is very small and has flowers that are basically
miniature potatoe flowers, white on outside and orange/yellow in middle

It porduces berries that look like miniature tomatoes (about the size of
rowan berries) but turn dark purple/black

The leaveas are not unlike potatoes/tomatoes but the plant grows not more
than about 6inches hight

Anyone know what it is and is it poisonous?


Could be black nightshade - a relative of potato and tomato (and also of
belladonna, deadly nightshade, thornapple, sweet pepper and aubergine)

Mots of the plant is poisonous, the berries may not be, but I wouldn't
experiment with any member of that family.

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