A genus of solanaceous plants of the tribe <em>Atropeæ</em>, characterized by a 3- to 5-toothed or -lobed calyx, a funnel-shaped, campanulate, or urn-shaped corolla, stamens which are either exserted or included, and a slightly juicy and usually few-seeded berry.
User Defined Definitions
"deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny; cosmopolitan in temperate and subtropical regions"