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Asked by:
Herb Hanko
Posted at:
January 26, 2025
I bought some Indian Nightshade (Solanum khasianum) seeds from you. I was planning to plant them in my front garden, where many children walk by."Nightshade" is both a specific and general term. The Nightshade family, the Solonaceae, includes tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, as well as poisonous plants such as stramonium, and the deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) which we list in our catalogue as "belladonna".
Then I found out that Nightshade is a deadly poison, but the species so described is Atropa belladonna.
Being a novice I don't know if these names are just different names for the same thing?
If not, are my Indian nightshades poisonous?