Narrow-leaved African nightshade is widely distributed throughout the tropics and can be found throughout East Africa. The plant is an erect,
many-branched herb growing 0.5 to 1.0m high. The plant bears thin, oval, slightly purplish leaves up to 15 cm in length, has numerous white flowers, and usually purple to black , round berries about 0.75 cm in diameter containing many small, flattened yellow seeds.