Order Solanales

Order Solanales

Many plants important to humans belong in Order Solanales. Some, like the potato and tomato, are used as food and others provide drugs. Toxic alkaloids are quite common in members of this order and some are used to relax muscles, to serve as an antidote to nerve gas or to produce mind-altering effects. The order also contains ornamental garden plants like the Petunia and Flowering Tobacco. There are nine families in Order Solanales. [CH] {EN}