Plant

Twoleaf nightshade

Solanum diphyllum

Twoleaf nightshade (Solanum diphyllum) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj — Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Twoleaf nightshade (Solanum diphyllum) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj — Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Jhalana Doongri, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name: Solanum diphyllum
Family: Solanaceae, order Solanales
Group: Plant

Small white stars and round green berries.

Spot it Paired oval leaves and small white flowers.
Home Garden edges.
Food web Bees visit the flowers; birds eat the berries.
Why it matters Feeds buzzing bees and berry-eating birds, who spread the seeds.

Read more: Solanum diphyllum on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 4 verified records of this species on iNaturalist, between 2023 and 2026, in Jaipur.^[20]

Sources

Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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