Christophe Courteau / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) silverback sitting on boundary wall between Volcanoes National Park and a Potato crop, looking into valley. Area to be restored to forest. Rwanda.

Nigel Cattlin / Tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) with blossom end rot, symptom of calcium deficiency, cultivated in glasshouse. Berkshire, England, UK. July.

Nigel Cattlin / Two-spot spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) grazing damage to Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) leaves. Cultivated in greenhouse, Berkshire, England, UK. September.

Nigel Cattlin / Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum) flowering and with unripe berries, an annual arable weed. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Red chili peppers (Capsicum sp) at food market. Bangkok, Thailand.

Ingo Arndt / Sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) male nectaring on Red floripontio (Brugmansia sanguinea) flower. Eastern Andean slope, Ecuador. October.

Bernard Castelein / Bitter nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July

JIM CLARE / Black flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis) a nectar thief, piercing Angel's trumpet flower (Brugmansia sanguinea), Azuay, Andes, Ecuador.

JIM CLARE / Black flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis) a nectar thief, piercing Angel's trumpet flower (Brugmansia sanguinea) Azuay, Andes, Ecuador.

Nick Upton / Devil's apple (Solanum linnaeanum) with toxic fruit. Invasive species, native to South Africa. Sardinia, Italy. June.

Nick Upton / Apple of Sodom / Devil's apple / Devil's tomato (Solanum linnaeanum / sodomaeum) an invasive South African species with toxic fruits developing, coastal scrubland, Sardinia, Italy, Jun...

Nigel Cattlin / Potato (Solanum tuberosum) plants, a young organic crop on large flat fenland field. Cambridgeshire, England, UK. June.