Even though tomatoes are a common ingredient in almost every type of food, their scientific name is hard to remember for both ...

A recent study led by Bucknell University Professor Chris Martine, biology, the David Burpee Professor of Plant Genetics and ...

The genus Solanum represents one of the most diverse and economically significant groups within the Solanaceae. Its extensive species diversity encompasses important food crops, wild relatives and ...

How and when should you prune Solanum crispum ‘Glasnevin’? I have a plant that has grown very vigorously – it flowered beautifully last year and now I’m nervous to cut it back, but the branches are so ...

Belonging to the potato family (Solanaceae) it has deep purple-blue, slightly scented flowers borne in large clusters from summer to autumn; similar to the flowers on potato plants. Each flower has ...

North America ( United States, southwestern): tuber eaten raw or boiled with clay, by Native American Keresan Pueblo groups.

India (Madras Presidency): unripe fruit curried.

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