Solanum nigrum, (scientific name: Solanum nigrum? Millet, the height of the whole grass is 30-120 cm; Stems erect and multi-branched; Oval or heart-shaped leaves alternate, nearly entire; Small white flowers in summer, cymes 4- 10 flowers; Spherical berries, deep purple when ripe. Berries and leaves are edible.
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Common name of Solanum nigrum
Wild Tiger (Suzhou, Jiangsu); Wild sea pepper (Pingshan, Nanchuan, Sichuan); Small bitter vegetables (Huidong, Sichuan); Stone Cape (Nanchuan, Sichuan); Yesanzi (Chengkou, Sichuan); Wild Cape (Yanbian, Sichuan); Denglongcao (Badong, Hubei); Mountain pepper (Hebei Neiqiu); Wild eggplant seedlings (Mengzi, Yunnan); Small fruit (Yunnan estuary); Cabbage (Lechang, Huiyang, Guangdong); Geranium (Lianxian County, Hainan Province); Ground cannon (Hunan); Fei Tianlong (Jiangxi); Bai Ying (Guizhou); Valley tits (Tangshan, Hebei); Black Star (Heilongjiang).
Development and utilization of Solanum nigrum
At present, a series of products developed by Solanum nigrum have been put on the market, such as Solanum nigrum jam, black star fruit wine, Solanum nigrum juice drink, canned Solanum nigrum fruit, jelly and so on. Because the plant is easy to grow, mostly wild and pollution-free, Solanum nigrum fruit is also a good health fruit; The seedlings are either fried or cold, delicious and nutritious.
Anthocyanin pigment extracted from fruit can be used as food colorant, which is simple and cheap. With the development of science and technology, the medicinal and edible value of Solanum nigrum will be further developed, and the marketization of series products will be gradually strengthened. It can be seen that Solanum nigrum is a rare economic plant with both fruit and medicine development prospect in the market.
, Song Chao, Jin Chunai, Qi Shengjun. Determination and analysis of nutritional components of Solanum nigrum [J]. Professional research, 2013,35 (02): 65-66+76.
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