Nicandra Adans.
Unarmed, erect, almost glabrous annual. Lvs alternate, simple, often lobed. Fls solitary, axillary. Calyx very deeply 5-toothed, regular, becoming enlarged and scarious at fruiting, with 5 large ribs. Corolla broadly campanulate, completely actinomorphic, white and blue; lobes small. Stamens 5, included, inserted at base of corolla. Ovary 3-5-celled, but divided irregularly by the placentae; stigma capitate. Fr. a scarcely succulent berry, globose. Seeds many, lenticular, with patterned testa, of moderate size.
1 sp., Peru. Naturalised sp. 1.
