Category Plant families

True Potato Seed – TPS Summary Crossing and growing potatoes from seed is a challenge but an interesting project. Perennial plant that is usually regrown from tubers. Perfect flowers with multiple methods of pollination – wind, insect and self. In…

Botanical name : Solanum pimpinellifolium Synonyms :  Common name : Currant Tomato

Botanical name : Solanum lycopersicum Synonyms :  Common name : Tomato

Solanum family overview The solanum family is often referred to as the ‘nightshade’ family and contains some very commonly home grown food plants – potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers like capsicum and chili along with some very large industrially cropped plants…