Peppers are part of the nightshade family,
which also includes Tomatoes, eggplant, potatoes and datura.

Bittersweet Nightshade   Potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and a host of other important fruit crops all belong to the SolanaceaeBuffalo Bur plant family. But so do mandrakes, daturas and other poisonous and important medicinal plants.

The name nightshade is commonly restricted to members of the Solanum family.

The plants are characterized by white or purplish star-shaped flowers and decorative usually orange berries.

Among the better known species are the bittersweet , or woody nightshade ( S. dulcamara ), the buffalo bur ( S. rostratum ), the horse, or bull, nettle ( S. carolinense ), the Jerusalem cherry ( S. pseudocapsicum ), and the black nightshade ( S. niger ).

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