eguruchela

Important family - Solanaceae

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    • It is a large family, mostly called as the potato-family. It is widely distributed in tropics, subtropics and even temperate zones

    Vegetative Characters

    Plants are mostly herbs, shrubs and rarely small trees

  • Stem:Herbaceous rarely woody, aerial; erect, cylindrical, branched, solid or hollow, hairy or glabrous, underground stem in potato (Solanum tuberosum
  • Leaves : alternate, simple, rarely pinnately compound, exstipulate and venation reticulate

    • Floral characters

    InflorescenceSolitary, axillary or cymose as in Solanum
    Flower Bisexual, actinomorphic
    Calyx Sepals five, united, persistent, valvate aestivation
    Corollapetals five, united; valvate aestivation
    AndroeciumStamens five, epipetalous
    GynoeciumBicarpellary obligately placed, syncarpous and ovary superior, bilocular, placenta swollen with many ovules, axile
    Fruit: Capsule or berry
    SeedMany, endospermous
    Floral FormulaFloral formula of Solanaceae

    Economic importance

    Some plants belonging to this family are source of food, spice, medicine, fumigatory, ornamentals.

    FoodTomato, brinjal, potato
    SpiceChilli
    Fumigatorytobacco
    OrnamentalsPetunia
    MedicineBelladonna, ashwagandha