Tomatillo fossil is oldest nightshade plant
Pocketed berry is millions of years older than earlier estimates
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TINY TOMATILLO A 52-million-year-old fossil of a tomatillo includes the plant’s papery outer sheath, and remnants of the blackened berry, which has since turned to coal.
Peter Wilf, Penn State