About 75% of the world's food comes from 12 plants. Scientists estimate up to 30,000 species are edible. Not only does this ...

A new family tree of the plant genus Solanum helps explain the striking diversity of their fruit color and size. This genus includes tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, and other economically important ...

Figure 1: Genomic landscape of S. pennellii chromosome 1. Figure 2: Expression of cuticle biosynthesis–related genes. Figure 3: Chromosome mapping of stress-related candidate genes. The genome of S.

Belonging to the potato family (Solanaceae) it has deep purple-blue, slightly scented flowers borne in large clusters from summer to autumn; similar to the flowers on potato plants. Each flower has ...

Hawaii: cooked leaves and branches eaten. India (Bombay Presidency): leaves and fruit eaten; (Deccan): herb eaten; (Rajasthan, western): leaves and fruit used a vegetable; ripe fruit eaten raw.

These three plants are in the family Solanaceae which happens to be the family of tomato, pepper and garden egg, all of which are major condiments for soup. Solanum macrocarpon (igbagba in Yoruba) is ...

How and when should you prune Solanum crispum ‘Glasnevin’? I have a plant that has grown very vigorously – it flowered beautifully last year and now I’m nervous to cut it back, but the branches are so ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — In the monsoon tropics of northern Australia, a little plant with prickles, gray-green leaves and purple flowers sprouted. It did not have a name, and it confounded scientists: ...

India (Madras Presidency): unripe fruit curried.