Which of the following is wrong for the solanaceae family ?

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It represents 'potato family'

Plants are mostly trees

It is widely distributed in tropics, substropics and even temperate zones

Petunia, Atropa and Capsicum belong to this family.

answer is B.

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It is a large family, commonly called as the ‘potato family’. It is widely distributed in tropics, subtropics and even temperate zones.

Vegetative Characters :

Plants are mostly herbs, shrubs and rarely small trees

Stem: herbaceous rarely woody, aerial; erect, cylindrical, branched, solid or hollow, hairy or glabrous, underground stem in potato (Solanum tuberosum)

Leaves: alternate, simple, rarely pinnately compound, exstipulate; venation reticulate

Example and Economic Importance of Solanaceae: Many plants belonging to this family are source of food (tomato, brinjal, potato), spice (chilli); medicine (belladonna, ashwagandha); fumigatory (tobacco); ornamentals (Petunia).

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