UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Fruits of Solanum plants, a group in the nightshade family, are incredibly diverse, ranging from sizable red tomatoes and purple eggplants to the poisonous green berries on ...

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The Sodom apple has overrun vast swaths of East African savanna and pastureland. Not a true apple, the Sodom apple is a relative of the eggplant that smothers native grasses with its thorny stalks.

Tomatoes are a popular addition to any home vegetable garden, but although it's usually a great neighbor to other plants ...

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 ...