Opentopia Directory Encyclopedia Tools

Solanum

Encyclopedia : S : SO : SOL : Solanum


Solanum is a large, variable genus of annual plants and perennial plants, forbs, vines, sub-shrubs, shrubs, and small trees. They often have attractive fruit and flowers. Most are poisonous, but many bear edible fruits, leaves, or tubers, and the genus includes several cultivated species, including three major food crops:

Solanum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species - see list of Lepidoptera which feed on Solanum.

Species

Eggplant (Solanum melongena)
Enlarge
Eggplant (Solanum melongena)

Forked Nightshade (Solanum sisymbriifolium)
Enlarge
Forked Nightshade (Solanum sisymbriifolium)

Solanum pseudocapsicum fruit
Enlarge
Solanum pseudocapsicum fruit

Wikispecies has information related to:

 


From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.

Search Titles
0123456789
ABCDEFGHIJ
KLMNOPQRST
UVWXYZ?

E-mail this article to:

Personal Message: