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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 nightshades ( Solanaceae) are a family of flowering plants. Many members of the family contain strong alkaloids, and some are very toxic. Well-known members of this family are chili peppers, petunias, deadly nightshade, mandrakes, potatoes, tomatoes, aubergines (eggplants) and tobacco .
The Gale Encyclopedia of Science. Tomato Family (Solanaceae) The tomato, or nightshade family (Solanaceae), contains about 85 genera and 2,300 species. Most of the species are tropical or subtropical in distribution, and a few are of great economic importance.
