Solanum virginianum- Kandakarichunda, Kandakarivazhuthina, Kandankathiri, Puttachunda, Febrifuge plant, Yellow berried nightshade-plant

Description

Solanum virginianum, also called Surattense nightshade, yellow-fruit nightshade, yellow-berried nightshade, Thai green eggplant, Thai striped eggplant (from the unripe fruit),  is a species of nightshade native to Asia (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iran, China, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia), and is adventive in Egypt. It is a medicinal plant used in India, but the fruit is poisonous.

The ripe yellow fruits are around 3 cm in diameter. The plant has a shrub habit and is covered in sharp thorns which can be green or purple-ish. Flowers are typical of the solanum genus with five petals and can be white or purple with adnate yellow stamens emerging as a ring from the centre.