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Solanaceae
Seed price-list: 626
Currently available Solanaceae: Species for which we have prices.
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Click here for the complete Solanaceae including plants for which we do not have seed sources
(some unavailable plants do not produce viable seed that comes true)
The
Nightshade
, or
Potato
family (including
Datura,
eggplant,
mandrake,
deadly nightshade or belladonna,
capsicum (paprika, chili pepper),
tobacco,
tomato,
and petunia
) has a long relationship with mankind,
providing us with
food,
flavourings,
and medicines.
Description:
Annual or perennial plants, from annual herbs, to trees, including shrubs and some climbers.
Solanaceae flowers usually have a bell or trumpet-shaped corolla composed of 5 joined petals.
The plants often have hairy or spiky parts (stems, leaves, flowers or fruit).
Fruit are berries (tomatos, sweet and chilli peppers,
aubergines
and belladonna) or dehiscent capsules (datura, tobacco,
henbane
).
Solanaceous plants are found growing naturally in temperate and tropical regions
from
Alaska
(
Solanum nigrum
) to
Australia
(
Duboisia hopwoodii
) in conditions
from
semi-aquatic
(
Datura ceratocaula
) to
arid and dry conditions
(
Lycium ferocissimum
).
Medicinal:
For thousands of years naturally occuring tropane alkaloids (named from Atropa belladonna) have been used for pain relief;
Atropine is listed several times on the World Health Organisation's
list of essential medicines.
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