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Solanum occurs as genus of annuals, perennials, sub-bush, shrubs & climbers. It typically own attractive fruit & flowers. Virtually all come poisonous, but many bear edible fruits, leaves, or tubers, and a genus includes threesome major food crops:

Tomato, Solanum lycopersicum Potato, Solanum tuberosum Eggplant, Solanum melongena

Species
S. aculeastrum - Sodaapple nightshade S. adscendens - Sonoita nightshade S. aethiopicum - Ethiopian nightshade S. americanum - Purple or glossy nightshade; American black nightshade; Poroporo S. aviculare - Poroporo S. bahamense - Bahama nightshade S. bulbocastanum - Ornamental nightshade S. burbankii - Wonderberry S. campechiense - Redberry nightshade S. capsicastrum - False Jerusalem cherry S. capsicum - Chile peppers S. capsicoides - Cockroach berry S. cardiophyllum - Heartleaf nightshade S. carolinense - Apple of Sodom, Horsenettle S. centrale - Australian desert raisin S. chenopodioides - Goosefoot nightshade S. citrullifolium - Watermelon nightshade '' S. clokeyi'' - Clokey's nightshade '' S. commersonii'' - Commerson's nightshade S. conocarpum - Marron bacoba S. crispum - Chilean potato vine S. davisensen - Davis horsenettle S. demissum - Dwarf wild potato '' S. dimidiatum'' - Torrey's nightshade S. diphyllum - Twinleaf nightshade S. donianum - Mullein nightshade S. douglasii - Greenspot nightshade S. drymophilum - Erubia S. dulcamara - Bittersweet S. elaeagnifolium - Silverleaf nightshade S. ellipticum - Australian bush tomato S. erianthum - Mullein nightshade, Potato tree '' S. fendleri'' - Fendler's horsenettle S. ferox - S. furcatum - Forked nightshade S. gayanum - Chilean nightshade S. gilo - Gilo S. glacum - S. glaucophyllum - Waxyleaf nightshade S. gracilius - Slender nightshade S. haleakalense - S. heterodoxum - Melon-leaf nightshade '' S. hindsianum'' - Hinds' nightshade S. hyporhodium - Cocona S. imcompletum - S. incanum - S. incompletum - Popolo ku mai S. interius - S. jamaicense - Jamaican nightshade S. jamesii - Wild potato S. jasminoides - Jasmine nightshade S. khasianum - Poroporo - Poroporo S. lanceifolium - Lanceleaf nightshade S. lanceolatum - Orangeberry nightshade S. leptosepalum - Tigna potato S. linnaeanum - Apple of Sodom S. lumholtzianum - Sonoran nightshade S. lycocarpum - Wolf Apple S. lycopersicum - Tomato

S. macrocarpon - S. mammosum - Nipplefruit S. marginatum - White-margined nightshade S. mauritianum - Earleaf nightshade S. melanocerasum - Garden huckleberry S. melongena - Eggplant S. mucronatum - Pepino S. muricatum - Pepino '' S. nelsonii'' - Nelson's horsenettle S. nigrescens - Divine nightshade S. nigrum - Black or blackberry nightshade S. nudum - Forest nightshade '' S. parishii'' - Parish's nightshade S. pericifolium S. persicifolium - Berengena de playa S. peruvianum - Peruvian nightshade S. phureja - S. physalifolium - Hairy nightshade S. pimpinellifolium - Currant tomato S. pinnatisectum - Tansyleaf nightshade S. polygamum - Cakalaka berry S. pseudocapsicum - Jerusalem cherry S. pseudogracile - Glowing nightshade S. pterocaulon - S. ptycanthum - S. ptychanthum - Eastern black nightshade S. pyrifolium - S. quitoense - Naranjilla S. racemosum - Canker berry '' S. riedlei'' - Riedle's nightshade S. robustum - Shrubby nightshade S. rostratum - Texas thistle S. rugosum - Tabacon aspero S. sandwicense - Hawaii horsenettle S. sarrachoides - Green nightshade S. seaforthianum - Brazilian nightshade S. sessiliflorum - Cocona S. sisymbriifolium - Sticky nightshade S. surattense - S. tampicense - Wetland nightshade S. tenuilobatum - San Diego nightshade S. tenuipes - Fancy nightshade '' S. torvum'' - Devil's fig S. triflorum Nutt. - Cutleaf nightshade S. triquetrum - Texas nightshade S. tuberosum - Potato S. umbelliferum - Bluewitch nightshade S. viarum - Tropical soda apple S. villosum - Hairy nightshade S. viride - Green nightshade cv. form from either Fiji: S. anthropophagorum ''S. wallacei'' - Wallace's nightshade, Catalina Nightshade S. wendlandii - Giant potatocreeper '' S. woodburyi'' - Woodbury's nightshade S. xanthi S. xanti - Purple nightshade

Synonyms and common names
Nightshade, besides when on to the related genus Atropa, is also utilized for several members of the genus Solanum. A title is too reach the personal Solanaceae.

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Solanum dulcamera
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Solanum auriculatum
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Solanum dombeyi
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Solanum rantonnetii
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Wetland Nightshade (Solanum tampicense)
Images, description, and invasiveness in Florida.

Crop Profiles - Tomato
Botany and cultivation of the garden tomato (Solanum lycopersicum, formerly Lycopersicon esculentum).

Crop Profiles - Potato
Botany and cultivation of Solanum tuberosum, the potato.

Solanum viarum - Tropical Soda Apple
Images, description, and USA distribution of this noxious weed.

Solanum viarum - Tropical Soda Apple
Images and news about this noxious weed in the southeastern USA.

Solanum carolinense - Horsenettle
Images.


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