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Triguera Cav. Unripe fruit of Solanum lycopersicum ( tomato) Solanum is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, which include three food crops of high economic importance: the potato, the tomato and the eggplant (aubergine, brinjal). It is the largest genus in the nightshade family Solanaceae, comprising around 1,500 species.
Sep 22, 2021 · Among angiosperm families, the Solanaceae is one of the most important one to human beings and has extensive economic importance, mainly as a food source. It is distributed in all continents except Antarctica and the greatest concentration of diversity is in Central and South America. Many of the economically important crops in the world belong ...
- Riccardo Motti
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- 2021
May 5, 2022 · Other plants within the Solanum genus also contain solanine but are regularly consumed by humans. Potatoes are a prime example. The solanine is most concentrated in the foliage and the green tubers; once the potato is mature, solanine levels are low and safe to consume as long as it is cooked.
Solanum elaeagnifolium was described by A. J. Cavanilles. The plant described under the same name by W. Herbert and C. L. Willdenow based on E.G. von Steudel is Solanum aethiopicum. It is a perennial 10 cm to 1 m in height. The stems are covered with nettle-like prickles, ranging from very few on some plants to very dense on others.
The tomato ( / təmeɪtoʊ / or / təmɑːtoʊ /) is the edible berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, [1] [2] commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. [2] [3] The Nahuatl word tomatl gave rise to the Spanish word tomate, from which the English word tomato derives.
Solanum is a very large genus of about 1,400 species of annuals, biennials, perennials, shrubs, trees, and climbers. Along with a number of species grown as ornamentals, solanum contains four well-known vegetable crops—tomato, pepper, eggplant, and potato. Solanum vines grow best in full sun and fertile soil that is moist but well-drained.
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Solanum aethiopicum, S. gilo, S. olivare, and S. integrifolium are all interfertile cultivated races of S. anguivi. The cultivars have been separated into four groups: Gilo group (with stellate hairs and large fleshy variably shaped fruits that taste like carrots or green beans, common in Brazil), Shum group (leaf vegetable with no stellate ...
