Nightshade (Inab al-Tha'lab)
Solanum nigrum
About Nightshade (Inab al-Tha'lab)
Nightshade (Inab al-Tha'lab) (Solanum nigrum) is a herb used in the Sufi & Islamic Mystical Medicine tradition to help with Pain, Fever, Wound Healing, and Skin Conditions, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Solanum nigrum (European black nightshade) is a species in the Solanum genus, native to Eurasia and introduced in the Americas, Australasia, and South Africa. It is also known as black nightshade, duscle, garden nightshade,Indian nightshade, garden huckleberry, hound's berry, petty morel, wonder berry, small-fruited black nightshade, or popolo. Parts of this plant can be toxic to livestock and humans. Nonetheless, ripe berries and cooked leaves of edible strains are used as food in some locales, and...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist