Write a note on the Solanaceae family.

(N/A) $\rightarrow$ It is a large family, commonly called as the 'potato family'.
$\rightarrow$ Vegetative Characters: Plants are mostly herbs, shrubs, and rarely small trees.
$\rightarrow$ Stem: Herbaceous, rarely woody, aerial; erect, cylindrical, branched, solid or hollow, hairy or glabrous; underground stem is found in potato ($Solanum$ $tuberosum$).
$\rightarrow$ Leaves: Alternate, simple, rarely pinnately compound, exstipulate; venation is reticulate.
Floral Characters:
$\rightarrow$ Inflorescence: Solitary, axillary, or cymose as in $Solanum$.
$\rightarrow$ Flower: Bisexual, actinomorphic.
$\rightarrow$ Calyx: Sepals five, united, persistent, valvate aestivation.
$\rightarrow$ Corolla: Petals five, united; valvate aestivation.
$\rightarrow$ Androecium: Stamens five, epipetalous.
$\rightarrow$ Gynoecium: Bicarpellary, syncarpous; ovary superior, bilocular, placenta swollen with many ovules.
$\rightarrow$ Fruits: Berry or capsule.
$\rightarrow$ Seeds: Many, endospermous.