Solanaceae
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Solanaceae, commonly known as the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants in the order Solanales. The family contains approximately 2,700 species, several of which are used as agricultural crops,
Brugmansia lg
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
Pink, double-flowered Brugmansia cultivar
Petunia × atkinsiana, a herbaceous annual commonly cultivated as a summer bedding plant
Atropa bella-donna
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Atropa bella-donna, commonly known as deadly nightshade or belladonna, is a toxic perennial herbaceous plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, which also includes tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant. I
Solanaceae
…medicinal, and culinary use. The tobacco plant has been used for centuries as a recreational drug because of its high nicotine content. The tropanes in Atropa bella-donna can have pain-killing, relaxing, or psychedelic effects, making it a popular plant in alternative medicine, as well as one of the most toxic plants in…
Atropa belladonna
Atropa belladonna by Johann Gottlieb Mann, 1828
Atropa bella-donna flower
Modern Greek, Parian marble bas relief depicting Atropos severing the thread of life