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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.
May 5, 2022 · The Solanum family of plants is a large genus under the family umbrella of Solanaceae that includes up to 2,000 species, ranging from food crops, such as the potato and the tomato, to various ornamentals and medicinal species.
nightshade, (genus Solanum), genus of about 2,300 species of flowering plants in the nightshade family . 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 ), potato ( S. tuberosum ), and eggplant ( S. melongena ).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Detail of the flowers of Solanum dulcamara, one of the 1240 accepted taxa that make up the genus Solanum , along with economically important species such as the potato (S. tuberosum), the tomato (S. lycopersicum) and the aubergine (S. melongena). This is a list of species in the plant genus Solanum.
Solanum is the largest genus in the family Solanaceae, comprising of about 2000 species distributed in the subtropical and tropical regions of Africa, Australia, and parts of Asia, e.g., China, India and Japan. Many of them are economically significant species.
- Joseph Sakah Kaunda, Ying-Jun Zhang
- 10.1007/s13659-019-0201-6
- 2019
- Nat Prod Bioprospect. 2019 Apr; 9(2): 77-137.
Nov 9, 2023 · Solanum is the largest genus in the nightshade family, which includes both edibles such as potatoes, peppers, and eggplants as well as ornamentals with flowers ranging from white to lavender and deep purple. Many species have a long bloom period during which they produce an almost non-stop flush of petite, fragrant blossoms.
Solanum is a diverse genus including eggplants, potatoes, tomatoes and ornamental plants. They show a wide range of growing habits, such as annuals, perennials, evergreen or deciduous shrubs or twining climbers. They feature small, star-shaped, 5-petaled blue or white flowers with prominent stamens, followed by fleshy fruits.
