Question

Fruit in members of Solanaceae
A) Drupe
B) Capsule or berry
C) Siliqua
D) Pod or achene

Answer 1

Hint:The Solanaceae or otherwise known as nightshades are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and contain a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and ornamentals.

Complete answer:
Solanaceae are the nightshade or potato family of flowering plants -order Solanales, with 102 genera and nearly 2,500 species, many of significant economic importance as food and also as drug plants. Among the most important of those are potato Solanum tuberosum; eggplant, S. melongena; tomato ,S. lycopersicum; peppers and various Capsicum species; tobacco ,Nicotiana tabacum and N. rustica; belladonna ,Atropa belladonna; the poisonous jimsonweed ,Datura stramonium and nightshades S. nigrum, S. dulcamara, and others; and many garden ornamentals, for instance the genera Browallia, Brugmansia, Brunfelsia, Cestrum, Datura, Lycium, Nicotiana, Nierembergia, Petunia, Salpiglossis, Schizanthus, Solandra, Solanum, and Streptosolen.

Members of the family Solanaceae are generally seen throughout the world but are most plentiful and extensively distributed in the tropical regions of Latin America, where about 40 genera are endemic. Very small number of members are found in temperate regions, and only about 50 species are found in the United States and Canada combined. The genus Solanum comprises almost half of all the species in the family, which includes all the species of wild potatoes originating in the Western Hemisphere. Members of the family include the following such as annuals, biennials, or perennials and are usually herbs. Though several species grow as shrubs or small trees. The leaves are usually simple and alternately arranged. The family is characterized by introverted or clustered flowers with sepals and petals, five in number and fused; five stamens; and a superior ovary that is one situated above the attachment point of the other flower parts, composed of two fused carpels that is ovule-bearing segments and indirectly placed in the flower upon a basal disk of tissue. The style is straightforward and bears a two-lobed stigma, the pollen-receptive surface. The flowers are typically eye-catching and are visited by insects. The fruit is generally a berry or a capsule.

So the correct answer for this question is option (B) capsule or berry
Note:The poisonous alkaloids seen in some species of the family have given the final it's sombre vernacular name of nightshade.he genus Solanum comprises almost half of all the species in the family, which includes all the species of wild potatoes originating in the Western Hemisphere.