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Solanum
Credits
Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Solanum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Family
- Solanaceae
A genus of around 1500 species, most of them herbaceous or semi-woody. Leaves simple or compound, sometimes solitary, more usually in cymose clusters arranged in the form of an umbel, raceme or panicle. Corolla star-shaped or rotate, five-lobed. Stamens five, the filaments short, inserted in the mouth of the corolla, the anthers long, leaning inwards and forming a cone. Fruit a many-seeded berry.