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Solanum grandiflorum

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Identification
Isotype of Solanum grandiflorum Hassl. [family SOLANACEAE ] Verified by Michael (Mike) Nee, Solanum lycocarpum A.St. Hil. [family SOLANACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Michael (Mike) Nee,
Related name
  • Solanum lycocarpum
  • Solanum crinitum
  • Solanum grandiflorum
  • Solanum lycopersicum
  • Solanum actaeabotrys
  • Solanum lycocarpon
  • Solanum gomphodes

Flora

Entry for Solanum wrightii Benth. [family SOLANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Solanum wrightii Benth. [family SOLANACEAE]
Solanum macranthum [family SOLANACEAE], hort. in Rev. Hort1867: 132, not of Dunal
Solanum grandiflorum [family SOLANACEAE], auct. not of Ruiz & Pavon FlPeruv2: 35, t168, figb(1799); Bitter in Fedde Rep., Beih16: 180 (1923).
Information
A large shrub or tree up to 20 ft. high, with very large, violet "potato-like" flowers up to 3 in. diam., cultivated at Njala, Sierra Leone.
Range
A native of Bolivia, frequently cultivated in the tropics and sometimes naturalized
Notes
The "Potato-Tree".

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