It has long, thin branches with red sap and simple, alternate foliage. Deadly nightshade blooms with drooping, tubular blossoms. The plant’s purple flowers are followed by shiny black berries.

The main distinguishing feature is the bunches of berries that form on mature plants. Berries are usually either green or black. Black nightshade also has flowers which are usually white with yellow ...

Cornwall A cousin of the deadly nightshade plant is thriving in Britain because of the balmy weather - with experts warning its poisonous berries could kill. The fruit of the black nightshade ...

As Andrew F. Smith details in his 1994 book The Tomato in America: Early History, Culture and Cookery, before the fruit made ...