Hebrew: סולנום שחור, Arabic:عنب الذيب الأسود, Egypt: عنب الديب "Enab El-Deib"
| Scientific name: | Solanum nigrum L. | |
| Common name: | Black nightshade, Common nightshade, Hound's berry | |
| Hebrew name: | סולנום שחור | |
| Arabic name: | عنب الذيب الأسود | |
| Egypt: | عنب الديب "Enab El-Deib" | |
| Family: | Solanaceae, סולניים |
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| Life form: | Hemicryptophyte | |
| Stems: | Up to 70 cm high; stems decumbent to erect, branched, with costate (having ribs) branches; green to purple | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, entire | |
| Inflorescence: | Lateral lax cymes, 4-10-flowered, on 3-5cm long peduncles | |
| Flowers: | White, with yellow central anthers; pedicels longer than the flowers, recurved in fruit; calyx-lobes ovate, adhering to the base of the fruit; corolla 2-3 times longer than the calyx | |
| Fruits / pods: | Berries usually broadly ovoid, dull purple to blackish or yellowish-green, 6-10 mm broad, remaining on plants or falling from calyces when ripe; seeds 1.7-2.4 mm long, 26 to 60 per berry. berries are poisonous | |
| Flowering Period: | Spring, summer | |
| Habitat: | Disturbed ground | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Euro-Siberian - Med - Irano-Turanian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Solanum, Latin for "quieting," in reference to the narcotic properties of some species. nigrum, black, blackness; referring to the color of the seeds. The Hebrew name: סולנום, solanum, transliteration from the scientific name.
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