Solanaceae: Morphology, Classifictaion and Economic Importance

Family Characters, Taxonomy for Botany Students

1. SOLANACEAE By: D r. Manasi P Sawant

2. Characteristics : L arge family 85 G 2000 sp. Distributed in tropics in abundance Annual or perrenial herbs. Rarely shrubs. Solanum trilobum is only example of climber. Leaves simple, exstipulate Alternate in vegetative and opposite in floral region. By: D r. Manasi P Sawant

3. InflorescenceTerminal /Axillary Cyme Bicollateral Vascular bundles is a cheif anatomical feature. Stem erect, branched hairy/spiny Flowers bisexual, hypogynous . P entamerous ( Nicandra floral inner whorls reduced to three) By: D r. Manasi P Sawant

4. Sepals 5 fused, valvate , persistent or acrescent Petals 5 fused, infundibulum / campanulate , twisted. Stamens 5 epipetalous, dithecous , introrse , dorsifixed . By: D r. Manasi P Sawant

5. Gynoecium bicarpellary , syncarpous , superior ovary. Style long, capitate stigma. Ovary oblique hence flowers are obliquley zygomorphic . Ovary bilocular , with ovules on axile placentation . Fruit berry/ capsule Seeds flat with curved embryo. By: D r. Manasi P Sawant

6. By: D r. Manasi P Sawant