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ground cherry. fruit. tomatillo. Ripe tomatillos (Physalis philadelphica). tomatillo, ( Physalis philadelphica ), annual species of ground cherry of the nightshade family ( Solanaceae) and its tart edible fruits. The plant is native to Mexico and Central America, where it has been an important food crop for millennia.
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The Solanaceae (/ ˌ s ɒ l ə ˈ n eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /), or the nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and ornamentals.
Solanaceae, the nightshade, or potato, family of flowering plants (order Solanales ), with 102 genera and about 2,280 species, many of considerable economic importance as food and drug plants. Members of the Solanaceae family are found throughout the world but are most abundant and widely distributed in the tropical regions of Latin America ...
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Nightshade, (genus Solanum), genus of about 2,300 species of flowering plants in the nightshade family (Solanaceae). The term nightshade is often associated with poisonous species, though the genus also contains a number of economically important food crops, including tomato (Solanum lycopersicum),
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Solanaceae is a family of flowering plants in the Solanales order, characterized by five-petaled flowers, typically conical or funnelform, and alternate or alternate to opposite leaves, and including some of the more important food and drug -producing plants, including potato, tomato, eggplant, tobacco, chili pepper, and deadly nightshade.
The Solanaceae, also known as the potato or deadly nightshade family is one of humankind’s most utilized and important plant families. It contains some of the world’s most important food plants, such as the potato, tomato, all peppers, ground cherries (tomatillo), and eggplant. It also includes a suite of deadly toxic plants represented by ...
The leaves of Solanaceae plants are simple, lobed, or compound, and they can be arranged alternately or oppositely on the stem. Some species have hairy leaves, while others have smooth surfaces. The flowers of Solanaceae plants are showy and fragrant, with five fused petals and a distinctive trumpet shape. The flowers can be white, yellow, pink ...
