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Solanum dulcamara is a species of vine in the genus Solanum (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae.Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulcis, [3] climbing nightshade, [4] felonwort, fellenwort, felonwood, poisonberry, poisonflower, scarlet berry, snakeberry, [5] [6] [7] trailing bittersweet ...
Celastrus scandens is native to central and eastern North America. It was given the name bittersweet by colonists in the 18th century because the fruits resembled the appearance of the fruits of common nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), which was also called bittersweet.
Fruits including tomatoes, tomatillos, eggplant/aubergine, bell peppers and chili peppers, all of which are closely related members of the Solanaceae.. The Solanaceae (/ ˌ s ɒ l ə ˈ n eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /), [3] or the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of ...
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.
Illustration of Solanum dulcamara Flower of Solanum dulcamara Solanum dulcamara, inflorescence and leaves Detail of the fruit of Solanum dulcamara Detail of the flowers of Solanum douglasii Solanum dulcamara. Solanum dallmannianum Warb. Solanum damarense Bitter; Solanum dammerianum Lauterb. & K.Schum. Solanum daphnophyllum Bitter; Solanum ...
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 .
Dulcamara means "bittersweet" (literally "sweet-bitter"). It can refer to: Solanum dulcamara, a plant; Dulcamara, a synonym and proposed section of the genus Solanum; Dulcamara, or the Little Duck and the Great Quack, an 1866 play by W. S. Gilbert; Dr. Dulcamara, a character in L'elisir d'amore, an opera by Gaetano Donizetti
The leaves are alternate and simple, ovoid, and typically 5–20 cm (2.0–7.9 in) long. The flowers are small, white, pink or greenish, and borne in long panicles; the fruit is a three-valved berry.