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Solanum guineense

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Identification
Solanum guineense Not on sheet. [family SOLANACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
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Flora

Entry for SOLANUM nigrum Linn. [family SOLANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 87, (1904) Author: By C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
SOLANUM nigrum Linn. [family SOLANACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. i. 186;—Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 56, 93, 106, 116, 133, 146; Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 188; Mutel. Fl. Franc. tt. 39–40, figs. 296–303; Dunal in DC. Prod. xiii. i. 50; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 446; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 229.
SOLANUM villosum Mill. [family SOLANACEAE], Gard. Dict. ed. 8. n. 2.
SOLANUM rubrum Mill. [family SOLANACEAE], l.c. n. 4, not of Drège.
SOLANUM incertum Dunal [family SOLANACEAE], Hist. Sol. 155; Drège in Linnæa, xx. 203.
SOLANUM miniatum Bernh. ex Willd. [family SOLANACEAE], Enum. Hort. Berol. 236.
SOLANUM guineense Lam. [family SOLANACEAE], Ill. ii. 18.
SOLANUM retroflexum Dunal [family SOLANACEAE], in DC. Prod. xiii. i. 50 (incl. vars. angustifolium and latifolium).
SOLANUM sp. Drège [family SOLANACEAE], Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 61, 87.
Information
stem herbaceous, angular, more or less pubescent; leaves ovate, obovate or lanceolate, sinuate-dentate, more rarely entire, tapering downwards into the petiole, more or less pubescent with simple hairs on both surfaces, up to 4 in. by 2 in.; petiole 1 in. long or less; peduncle slender, 9 lin. long; cyme umbellate, few-flowered; pedicels spreading in flower, pen-dulous in fruit; calyx cup-shaped; lobes ovate, acute; corolla white, 3 lin. in diam.; lobes oblong-lanceolate, acute; stamens equal; filaments short, cylindrical; anthers 1 lin. long, oblong, obtuse, with 2 oblique pores near the apex; style slightly longer than the stamens, pubescent below; fruit globose, glabrous, 3 lin. in diam., black, more rarely red or yellow. null
Range
In all temperate and tropical regions.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div., Cooper, 528! Graaff Reinet Div.; near Graaff Reinet, 2500–4000 ft., Drège, 7864b! Bolus, 50! Richmond Div.; Uitvlugt, in the vicinity of Styl Kloof near Richmond, 4000–5000 ft., Drège!COAST REGION Malmesbury Div.; Paarde Berg, Thunberg! Paarl Div.; Paarl Mountains, 1000–2000 ft., Drège, 7861a! Cape Div.; Table Mountain, Burchell, 645! between Cape Town and Stellenbosch, under 500 ft., Drège! between Hout Bay and Wynberg, under 1000 ft., Drège! Lion Mountain, Thunberg! Devils Mountain, Wolley Dod, 856! Wilms, 1022! 3458! above the path to Smitwinkel, Wolley Dod, 3318! Skeleton Ravine, Wolley Dod, 3180! Simons Bay, Wright! Caledon Div.; Genadendal, 3000–4000 ft., Drège! George Div.; near drift of Kaymans River, Lady Barkly! Uitenhage Div.; Zwartkops River Valley, 50–500 ft., Zeyher, 3473! Euon, under 500 ft., Drège! Fort Beaufort Div., Cooper, 554! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 187!EASTERN REGION Transkei Div.; between Gekau (Geua) River and Bashee River, Drège! Tembuland; Bazeia, Baur, 102! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 83! Umhlote, Wood, 811! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 412!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Matebe Valley, Holub!WESTERN REGION Great Namaqualand; Fish River, Schinz, 866! Little Namaqualand; Orange River, near Verleptpram, under 500 ft., Drège!

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