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Solanum schimperianum

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Identification
Solanum schimperianum Hochst. [family SOLANACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vorontsova, M., Solanum schimperianum Hochst. [family SOLANACEAE ] Verified by Richard Neville Lester, Solanum polyanthemum Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family SOLANACEAE ] Verified by Richard Neville Lester,
Related name
  • Solanum terminale
  • Solanum polyanthemum
  • solanum schimperianum
  • Solanum alloiophyllum
  • solanum carense
  • Solanum jemense
  • Solanum schimperianum
  • Solanum carense

Flora

Entry for SOLANUM schimperianum Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family SOLANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by J. Edmonds (Solanum, species 1–4), I. Friis (Solanum, species 5–11, 13–25), and M. Thulin (Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycium, Lycopersicon, Nicandra, Nicotiana, Physalis, Solanum species 12, Withania) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
SOLANUM schimperianum Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family SOLANACEAE], (1850). Fig. 147.
SOLANUM carense Dunal [family SOLANACEAE], (1852);
SOLANUM schimperianum (Dunal) J.R.I. Wood var. carense [family SOLANACEAE], Handb.Yemen Flora: 228 (1997). [type as above]
Information
Unarmed shrub up to c. 1.5 m high, somewhat scrambling; young parts pubescent with small stellate hairs or ± glabrescent. Leaves alternate, all of comparable size on same branch; petiole 1.5–3.5 cm long; blade ovate, 3.5–12.5 x 2–8 cm, entire, glabrescent to densely pubescent with stellate hairs, base usually obliquely cuneate to truncate, less frequently subcordate, margin straight, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescence usually umbel-like, 10–30-flowered, with glandular hairs; peduncle 0.5–2 cm long; pedicels 1–1.5 cm, elongating in fruit to at least 2.5 cm. Calyx up to 6 mm long, with a small, 1–1.5 mm long campanulate part; lobes narrowly triangular with acuminate tip to nearly linear, up to 8 mm long. Corolla pale mauve, c. 1.5 cm in diam. Anthers 3–4 mm long, on short filaments. Style exceeding anthers with 1–2 mm. Fruit red, becoming almost black, c. 6 mm in diam.
Range
N1, 2
Altitude range
1400–2000 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Hemming 1957, 3230; Gillett 3901.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
S Egypt
Yemen

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