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Solanum torvum, also known as pendejera, turkey berry, devil's fig, pea eggplant, platebrush or susumber, [2] is a bushy, erect and spiny perennial plant used horticulturally as a rootstock for eggplant. Grafted plants are very vigorous and tolerate diseases affecting the root system, thus allowing the crop to continue for a second year.
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). It is the largest genus in the nightshade family Solanaceae , comprising around 1,500 species.
Articles relating to the genus Solanum of flowering plants. Its primary economic importance to humans derives from three food crops in the genus: the potato , the tomato , and the eggplant . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Solanum .
In between your trips to the apple orchard and pumpkin patch this fall, don’t forget to give your shopping list a seasonal makeover. Make a pit stop in the produce aisle to stock up on hearty ...
Solanum pubescens is a wild shrub found in the foot hill areas of southern India. It is very closely related to the Turkey berry (Solanum torvum). This shrub does not have spines; leaves are smaller in size covered with dense sticky hairs. Flowers are larger, purple to violet, the flowering and fruiting is seasonal in S. pubescens. Flowering ...
Solanum lumholtzianum Bartlett – Sonoran nightshade; Solanum luridifuscescens Bitter; Solanum luteoalbum Pers. (including S. semicoalitum) Solanum luzoniense Merrill; Solanum lycocarpum St.-Hil. – wolf apple, fruta-de-lobo, lobeira (Brazil) Solanum lycopersicoides Dunal – Peruvian wolfpeach; Solanum lycopersicum L. – tomato; Solanum ...
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Typically used as a vegetable in cooking, it is a berry by botanical definition. As a member of the genus Solanum, it is related to the tomato, chili pepper, and potato, although those are of the New World while the eggplant is of the Old World. Like the tomato, its skin and seeds can be eaten, but it is usually eaten cooked.