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  2. Atropa belladonna - Wikipedia

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    Atropa bella-donna, commonly known as deadly nightshade or belladonna, is a toxic perennial herbaceous plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, [1] [2] which also includes tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant.

  3. Solanum diphyllum - Wikipedia

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    Twoleaf nightshade grows as a small shrub about 1 to 2 m (3.3 to 6.6 ft) tall. The stems are smooth or sometimes slightly downy with a dark brown bark. [4] A distinctive feature of twoleaf nightshade is that its leaves grow in pairs from a single bud, hence the name 'twoleaf'. Each pair is composed of a major and a minor leaf.

  4. Solanum - Wikipedia

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    The species most commonly called nightshade in North America and Britain is Solanum dulcamara, also called bittersweet or woody nightshade (so-called because it is a shrub). Its foliage and egg-shaped red berries are poisonous, the active principle being solanine, which can

  5. Nightshade Vegetables Aren't Actually Bad for You - AOL

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    Nightshade vegetables come from the Solanaceae family of flowering plants, which are nutritional powerhouses, packed with vitamins (such as C and K), minerals (like potassium and magnesium), and ...

  6. Is Raw Eggplant Poisonous? - AOL

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    Plants in the nightshade family -- which includes eggplants, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes and tomatillos -- contain an alkaloid called solanine, which However, the leaves and flowers of the plant ...

  7. Solanum linnaeanum - Wikipedia

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    Solanum linnaeanum is a nightshade species known as devil's apple and, in some places where it is introduced, apple of Sodom. The latter name is also used for other nightshades and entirely different plants elsewhere, in particular the poisonous milkweed Calotropis procera. [1]

  8. List of herbs with known adverse effects - Wikipedia

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    "rare and mild gastrointestinal upset, headaches, diarrhea, gynecomastia, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, ventricular rupture and death in one patient" [3] Senna: Egyptian senna Senna alexandrina (Cassia senna) "abdominal pain, diarrhea, potentially carcinogenic, with others can potentiate cardiac glycosides and antiarrhythmic agents", [3 ...

  9. Solanum aculeastrum - Wikipedia

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    Solanum aculeastrum is commonly known as soda apple, sodaapple nightshade, [1] goat apple, poison apple, or more ambiguously as "bitter-apple". It is a poisonous nightshade species from Africa and only distantly related to true apples. The term "soda apple" probably derives from "Sodom apple", modified due to the fruit's detergent properties.