Solanaceae  (The tomato and potato family)

How to recognize Solanaceae:  solanaceae flowers, solanaceae leaf structure

 

Among the most culturally significant Solanaceae in the in the Andean Amazonian region are the

potato

naranjilla

tomate de arbol

 

Brugmansia insignis 

Brunfelsia grandiflora

Capsicum frutscens          Uchu

Solanum stramonifolium

Witheringia solanacea

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Scientists trace the origin of the tomato to the coast of Ecuador