#family_Solanaceae__Solanaceae__potato_family  large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum; Atropa; Brugmansia; Capsicum; Datura; Hyoscyamus; Lycopersicon; Nicotiana; Petunia; Physalis; Solandra
  supertype:  asterid_dicot_family__asteriddicotfamily  family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
  member of:  order_Polemoniales
  member:  genus_Solanum__Solanum  type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet
     member:  nightshade  any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit
     member:  potato_tree__Solanum_crispum  hardy climbing shrub of Chile grown as an ornamental for its fragrant flowers; not a true potato
     member:  Uruguay_potato_vine__Uruguay_potato__Solanum_commersonii  South American potato vine
     member:  bittersweet_nightshade__bittersweetnightshade__bittersweet__climbing_nightshade__deadly_nightshade__poisonous_nightshade__poisonousnightshade__woody_nightshade__woodynightshade__Solanum_dulcamara  poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
     member:  wild_potato__Solanum_jamesii  erect or spreading perennial of southwestern United States and Mexico bearing small pale brown to cream tubers resembling potatoes
     member:  Solanum_jasmoides__potato_vine  copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white flowers tinged with blue
     member:  eggplant_bush__eggplant__aubergine__brinjal__gardenegg__mad_apple__Solanum_melongena  hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
     member:  naranjilla__Solanum_quitoense  small perennial shrub cultivated in uplands of South America for its edible bright orange fruits resembling tomatoes or oranges
     member:  white_potato_vine__potato__white_potato__whitepotato__solanumtuberosum  annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
     member:  potato_vine__giant_potato_creeper__Solanum_wendlandii  vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers
     member:  Brazilian_potato_tree__potato_tree__Solanum_wrightii__Solanum_macranthum  South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the tropics; not a true potato
  member:  genus_Atropa__Atropa  belladonna
     member:  Atropa_belladonna__belladonna__deadly_nightshade  perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine
  member:  genus_Browallia  small genus of tropical South American annuals
     member:  bush_violet__browallia  any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers
  member:  genus_Brunfelsia__Brunfelsia  genus of tropical American shrubs grown for their flowers followed by fleshy berrylike fruits
     member:  lady-of-the-night__Brunfelsia_americana  West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers
  member:  genus_Brugmansia__Brugmansia  includes some plants often placed in the genus Datura: angel's trumpets
     member:  maikoa__angel's_trumpet__angel'strumpet__Brugmansia_arborea__Datura_arborea  South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers
     member:  angel's_trumpet__angel'strumpet__Brugmansia_suaveolens__Datura_suaveolens  South American plant cultivated for its very large nocturnally fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers
  member:  genus_Capsicum  chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers
     member:  capsicum_pepper_plant__capsicum__pepper  any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
     member:  cone_pepper__Capsicum_annuum_conoides  plant bearing erect pungent conical red or yellow or purple fruits; sometimes grown as an ornamental
     member:  chili_pepper__chilipepper__cayenne__cayenne_pepper__cayennepepper__chilli_pepper__long_pepper__jalapeno__Capsicum_annuum_longum  plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
     member:  sweet_pepper_plant__sweet_pepper__sweetpepper__bell_pepper__pimento__pimiento__paprika__Capsicum_annuum_grossum  plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
     member:  cherry_pepper__Capsicum_annuum_cerasiforme  plant bearing small rounded usually pungent fruits
     member:  bird_pepper__Capsicum_frutescens_baccatum__Capsicum_baccatum  plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits; includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers
     member:  tabasco_pepper__tabascopepper__hot_pepper__hotpepper__tabasco_plant__tabascoplant__Capsicum_frutescens  plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce
  member:  genus_Cestrum__Cestrum  genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs
     member:  day_jessamine__dayjessamine__Cestrum_diurnum  West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day
     member:  night_jasmine__nightjasmine__night_jessamine__nightjessamine__Cestrum_nocturnum  West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night
  member:  genus_Cyphomandra__Cyphomandra  tree tomato
     member:  tree_tomato__tamarillo  South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavor
  member:  genus_Datura__Datura  thorn apple
     member:  thorn_apple__thornapple  any of several plants of the genus Datura
  member:  genus_Fabiana__Fabiana  genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs
     member:  pichi__Fabiana_imbricata  Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers; leaves yield a tonic and diuretic
  member:  genus_Hyoscyamus__Hyoscyamus  genus of poisonous herbs: henbane
     member:  black_henbane__blackhenbane__henbane__stinking_nightshade__Hyoscyamus_niger  poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine
     member:  Egyptian_henbane__Hyoscyamus_muticus  poisonous herb whose leaves are a source of hyoscyamine
  member:  genus_Lycium__Lycium  deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny; cosmopolitan in temperate and subtropical regions
     member:  matrimony_vine__matrimonyvine__boxthorn  any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries
     member:  Christmasberry__Christmas_berry__Lycium_carolinianum  spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries
  member:  genus_Lycopersicon__Lycopersicon__Lycopersicum__genus_Lycopersicum  tomatoes
     member:  Lycopersicon_esculentum_cerasiforme__cherry_tomato  plant bearing small red to yellow fruit
  member:  genus_Mandragora__Mandragora  a genus of stemless herbs of the family Solanaceae
     member:  mandrake__devil's_apples__Mandragora_officinarum  a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers
  member:  genus_Nicandra__Nicandra  sturdy annual of Peru
     member:  apple_of_Peru__shoo_fly__Nicandra_physaloides  coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry
  member:  genus_Nicotiana__Nicotiana  American and Asiatic aromatic herbs and shrubs with viscid foliage
     member:  tobacco  aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs
  member:  genus_Nierembergia  genus of tropical American erect or creeping herbs with solitary flowers
     member:  cupflower__nierembergia  any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers
     member:  whitecup__Nierembergia_repens__Nierembergia_rivularis  prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or rose
     member:  tall_cupflower__Nierembergia_frutescens  shrubby Chilean herb having bluish-white tubular flowers used as an ornamental
  member:  genus_Petunia  annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of tropical South America
     member:  petunia  any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers
  member:  genus_Physalis__Physalis  ground cherries
     member:  ground_cherry__husk_tomato  any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers
     member:  cape_gooseberry__purple_ground_cherry__Physalis_peruviana  annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
  member:  genus_Salpichroa__Salpichroa  herbs of temperate North and South America: cock's eggs
     member:  cock's_eggs__Salpichroa_organifolia__Salpichroa_rhomboidea  weedy vine of Argentina having solitary white flowers followed by egg-shaped white or yellow fruit
  member:  genus_Salpiglossis  small genus of herbs of the southern Andes having large showy flowers
     member:  salpiglossis  any plant of the genus Salpiglossis
  member:  genus_Schizanthus  Chilean herbs with orchidlike flowers
     member:  butterfly_flower__butterflyflower__poor_man's_orchid__schizanthus__schizanthu  any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers
  member:  genus_Scopolia__Scopolia  genus of European perennial herbs yielding medicinal alkaloids
     member:  Scopolia_carniolica  herb that is a source of scopolamine
  member:  genus_Solandra__Solandra  shrubby climbers of tropical America
     member:  chalice_vine__chalicevine__trumpet_flower__trumpetflower__cupflower__Solandra_guttata  Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat
  member:  genus_Streptosolen__Streptosolen  1 species: marmalade bush
     member:  marmalade_bush__marmaladebush__firebush__Streptosolen_jamesonii  evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant

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