genus Solandra

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genus Solandra - shrubby climbers of tropical AmericaSolandraasterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsfamily Solanaceae, potato family, Solanaceae - large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandrachalice vine, cupflower, Solandra guttata, trumpet flower - Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat