I sent you a pm. If you want seed from the plant in the picture, I would be happy to trade for dragon fruit seed.

I had used what is called Solanum Nigrum, in India - especially the leaves and ripe berries - with lot of success - to treat sores in mouth. Here in the US, though I located them with good fruits right in my backyard, I found them to be quite bitter. However, here are some info about the plant itself. See the note about the ripe berries. It may be worth to take it to a horticultural dept in a nearby university and test it out. http://www.inchem.org/documents/pims/plant/solanum.htm#SectionTitle:2.5%20Poisonous%20parts Ggg

Never ever even attempt it. The black Nigthshade (Solanum Nigrum) contains Solanine as does Bittersweet Nightshade Solanum Dulcamara (The red berried nightshade). I grow all the poisonous/medicinal plants as a hobby. Black nightshade in NO way contains ANY tropane alkaloids. Infact its often confused with Atropa Belladonna (Deadly Nightshade / Belladonna). Belladonna 1. Has HUGE leaves around 8 to 10 inches long and 6 inches wide! It produces 1 inch BELL shaped flowers that are green purple and brown. It produces berries of shiney black inside an Upsidedown star from the "HIP" of the flower and is in no way safe to eat ATALL. (In the mildest can cause blindness) - Atropine, Scopolamine, Hyoscyamnine Belladonna 2. Does not occure in the wild SLUGS devour it with impunity. It only grows wild in europe. Then there its banned and wild plants are destroyed. There is hardly any such thing as Wild Deadly-Nightshade left in the wolrd. Its only grown in medicinal gardens or the curious and it is well protected from insects. I grow this plant. It does best in the shade. Hardly any sun. Black nightshade 1. Is small and woody at the base getting a bark like exterior, leaves are small about 1inch to 2 inches at most, the berries cluster after "WHITE FLOWERS drop off". The cluster of juicey black berries looks apatizing but they are not and they are poisonous. The berry juice is first of all "Light sensative and oxygene sensitive. When exposed to either the juice goes milky WHITE. The berries ALWAYS contain Solanine "A cardiac poison". Boiling does remove it but its risky. If your curious Ive tastes a berry and spit it out. The juice stained my teeth for two days! and was heavily inky and tasted like concentrated bitter tomatos. "NOT sweet or pleasnt" rather very bitter. Don't waste your time or your health with this. Unless your experienced and have a family passdown where its prepared all the time. Leave it to those who know it. Just concearned for your saftey -Russel

I am happy to report that a garden webber took many of the perennials. He'll give them good care and it feels good to help someone along in their gardening passions. And I have 30 less pots to water! That half o the garden is bare. I keep looking at it and thinking its no wonder I was going batty. Way too big and amorphous. I knew that, but seeing it is something else. The existence of a 18 year old chamy obtusa (maybe compacta) was briefly threatened but it was too beautiful to take out. The heat is debilitating. I just need to keep watering and get back inside. Marie