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Tomato 2 months storage11/19/2023 Its foliage and egg-shaped red berries are poisonous, the active principle being solanine, which can cause convulsions and death if taken in large doses. The species most commonly called nightshade in North America and Britain is Solanum dulcamara, also called bittersweet or woody nightshade (so-called because it is a ( scandent) shrub). Species having the common name "nightshade" Its derivation is uncertain, possibly stemming from the Latin word sol, meaning "sun", referring to its status as a plant of the sun. ![]() The generic name was first used by Pliny the Elder (AD 23–79) for a plant also known as strychnos, most likely S. Thus, the genus today contains roughly 1,500–2,000 species. Many formerly independent genera like Lycopersicon (the tomatoes) and Cyphomandra are now included in Solanum as subgenera or sections. Solanum species show a wide range of growth habits, such as annuals and perennials, vines, subshrubs, shrubs, and small trees. It also contains the so-called horse nettles (unrelated to the genus of true nettles, Urtica), as well as numerous plants cultivated for their ornamental flowers and fruit. It is the largest genus in the nightshade family Solanaceae, comprising around 1,500 species. ![]() Solanum is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, which include three food crops of high economic importance: the potato, the tomato and the eggplant (aubergine, brinjal). Unripe fruit of Solanum lycopersicum ( tomato)
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