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Solanaceae

Flowers: Perfect, actinomorphic or weakly zygomorphic; corolla plicate; stamens attached to petal tube; anthers often CONNIVENT; carpels 2, syncarpous, superior, 2-locular; many axile ovules Infloresences: Cymes or flowers solitary

Fruits: Berries or capsules

Inflorescenes: Cymes or flowers solitary.

Habit: Mostly herbaceous, some shrubs, woody vines and trees in the tropics

Leaves: Alternate, simple, entire or variously lobed to pinnate, no stipules

Examples:

  • Atropa belladonna (atropine)
  • Browallia
  • Brugmansia (Angel's trumpet)
  • Capsicum (peppers)
  • Datura (Jimson weed)
  • Lycopersicum esculentum (tomato)
  • Nierembergia (cupflower)
  • Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco)
  • Petunia
  • Physalis alkekengi (Chinese lanterns)
  • Physali ixocarpa (tomatilla)
  • Solanum (nightshades, potato, eggplant)