Write the diagonostic features of Solanaceae family.

Explanation

(i) Leaves alternate, exstipulate
(ii) Flowers actinomorphic, pentamerous
(iii) Calyx often persistence / accrescent
(iv) Stamens 5, epipetalous, poricidal in dehiscence
(v) Carpels 2, ovary superior, 2 chambered, obliquely placed, falsely four chambered placenta swollen, ovule numerous.
(vi) Fruits berry or capsule, vascular bundles with both outer and inner phloem (Bicollateral vascular bundle)