英語の後に日本語が続きます。
Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) is, as you can guess from its name, native to North America but can be found across Japan. The plant produces white and pale purple flowers from June to October and fruits from July to October in Japan.
The Carolina horsenettle's Japanese name is "waru nasubi," which translates into "rogue eggplant," and this is justifiable. The plant is poisonous in its entirety with thorns that would prick you if you try to remove it. So, although it's in the same family as the eggplant (i.e., Solanaceae), nobody would disagree the Carolina horsenettle is ROGUE as you can see in its other English names "radical weed," "apple of Sodom," and "devil's tomato."
Despite such a bad perception, however, Carolina horsenettle flowers are beautiful and its fruits are pretty, which look like kumquats (scroll down) although again they're toxic. We shouldn't be fooled by appearances.
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悪茄子です。北米原産ですが日本中で育ち、害草として知られています。それもそのはず。ワルナスビは全体が有毒。しかも抜こうとしたら棘に刺されることもあるそうです。英語名も「Radical weed（過激な雑草）」、「Apple of Sodom（ソドムのリンゴ）」、「Devil's tomato（悪魔のトマト）」など結構悲惨です。
でも花はこんなに綺麗で、実も可愛くて金柑みたいです。人も花も見かけによりません。
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