Nightshade

Nightshade, the popular name of the English species of Solanum, the Woody Nightshade, and of the allied Atropa belladonna, the Deadly Nightshade. This latter is an erect, stout-branched, herbaceous plant, with large, ovate leaves, drooping, bell-shaped, luridly brownish-purple flowers, and black cherry-like fruits with a persistent green calyx. Its deadly narcotic properties are chiefly in the roots and leaves. [Atropine.]