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Posted: Jun/28/2008 4:36 PM PST
This appeared a couple of months ago in my tomato bed. The tomatoes are long gone, but I hesitated to pull this out. The birds seem to enjoy it. Can someone tell me what it is? Karen B Attachments:    |
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Posted: Jun/28/2008 8:25 PM PST
Botanical Name : Solanum Nigrum Family Name : Solanaceae Common Name : Black Night Shade, Makoy, Deadly Nightshade Part Used : Fruits, Whole Plant Hope this helps! 
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Posted: Jun/29/2008 7:46 AM PST
Thanks, I guess I am pulling it out. |
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Posted: Jun/29/2008 9:09 AM PST
Why pull it out? I would relocate it to another part of the yard 
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Posted: Jun/29/2008 11:42 AM PST
You sound like me, Aurora! If it's deadly poison, or merely rank smelling, it MUST BE PRESERVED! FYI the tomato is also a nightshade and up until two hundred years ago not consumed by genteel people. Anglo Saxons nicknamed it the "love apple" and being sexually repressed as they were, maintained that it was meant only for the lower classes and people of darker skins because of its aphrodisiac qualities. Every part of the tomato plant except the fruit is poisonous. |
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Posted: Jun/29/2008 12:26 PM PST
SOLANUM: THE VIRUS Solanum works by traveling through the bloodstream, from the initial point of entry to the brain. Through means not yet fully understood, the virus uses the cells of the frontal lobe for replication, destroying them in the process. During this period, all bodily functions cease. By stopping the heart, the infected subject is rendered "dead." The brain, however, remains alive but dormant, while the virus mutates its cells into a completely new organ. The most critical trait of this new organ is its independence from oxygen. By removing the need for this all-important resource, the undead brain can utilize, but is in no way dependent upon, the complex support mechanism of the human body. Once mutation is complete, this new organ reanimates the body into a form that bears little resemblance (physiologically speaking) to the original corpse. Some bodily functions remain constant, others operate in a modified capacity, and the remainder shut down completely. This new organism is a zombie, a member of the living dead. |
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Posted: Jun/29/2008 4:28 PM PST
Gee, some of my family members already accuse me of walking around like a zombie in the morning. Perhaps I've had a few too many tomato sandwiches. Thanks for the information one and all. Karen B |
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Posted: Jun/18/2011 5:07 PM PST
I have one of these that came up in a barrel pot I got from my neighbor. Is it poisonous? The term "deadly nightshade" makes me nervous. My husband ate one and is still with us! |
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Posted: Jun/19/2011 8:31 AM PST
http://zombieresearch.net/2010/02/26/solanum-virus -is-not-real/ SOLANUM VIRUS IS NOT REAL! From the Zombie research society... just in case! Lol. |
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