Sowing months
Jun–Aug
Sunlight
Full sun to part shade
Water
Keep damp
Mature size
30–60 cm
First harvest
Leaves at 40 days
Family
Solanaceae
Where it grows
balcony, ground
Good for
food, healing
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Eat only the ripe black berries, never the green.
The black nightshade of monsoon fields — a leafy green in the east, a weed elsewhere.
Growing it
Eat only the ripe black berries, never the green.
What it is for
Saag in eastern kitchens; traditional remedies.