Certainly not! A weed is just a plant no-one has found a use for anyway :)
Absolutely no! Even though this shrub potentials may not be fully recognised at the national level, it is of great important which add up to diversification and resilience of ecosystem
It should not be neglected, but instead the existing germplasm should be thoroughly characterized with regards to nutritional vs. anti-nutritional or potentially toxic compounds, cultivation methods, and agronomic characteristics and then, if the data supports moving forward, then implementing sensible breeding programs to bring this relatively untamed plant to its agricultural potential. If you look at the progenitors of most crops, they also appeared undesirable.
No, because being a biotic component of ecosystem, it plays important role in maintenance of ecological stability. Moreover, Solanum torvum is a plant of immense medicinal value. Please have a look at the following links.
http://www.japsonline.com/admin/php/uploads/868_pdf.pdf
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/56c0/dec0458bba4a7e229063622916cd3c28d162.pdf
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbfar/v21n4/aop10511.pdf
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.636.4101&rep=rep1&type=pdf
It is not actually a weed in Northeast India as the fruits are usually consumed as vegetables and they also have high medicinal values.
It is a medicinal plant with lots of health benefits. It is also a vegetable in some region and has potential to develop as a plant of commercial importance (sold in many tribal populated markets of North East India).
It is one of the famous under utilized beneficial plant. Though it has some medicinal and nutritional properties but it is considered as weed in mainstream agricultural fields.
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