Family: Solanaceae
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Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Family Parent: Solanales Status: Valid
Common Names:
- Solanaceae - English, United States of America
Vegetative Morphology
Habit: Herbs and shrubs, also lianas, hemiepiphytes, and trees.
Leaves: Leaves simple or compound, alternate, rarely opposite but the leaves of different sizes; the margins entire or strongly lobed.
Reproductive Morphology
Inflorescence: Inflorescence axillary or terminal.
Fruit: Fruit a berry or capsule, subtended by persistent, often conspicuous calyx.
Other
Notes: The majority of genera with a foetid odor when crushed. Plants glabrous or pubescent, the hairs simple or stellate.