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Solanum mauritianum

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Identification
Isotype of Solanum mauritianum Scop. [family SOLANACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Solanum hebecarpum
  • Solanum verbascifolium
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  • Solanum carterianum
  • Solanum tabacifolium
  • Solanum auriculatum

Flora

Entry for Solanum mauritianum Scop. [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 mauritianum Scop. [family SOLANACEAE], Delic. Fl. et Faun. Insubr. 3: 16 (1788); Bitter in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 54: 491 (1917).
Solanum auriculatum Ait. [family SOLANACEAE], (1789)-F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 206
Solanum verbascifolium [family SOLANACEAE], of F.T.A4, 2: 221, partly (Angolan specimens), not of Linn.
Information
A densely stellate-tomentose tree or shrub up to 20 ft. high, with blue-purple flowers.
Range
Probably a native of S. America (Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay); long-introduced and naturalized in many tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World. Not a native of Mascarene Islands
Distribution
S. L.: Njala, cultivated (July) Deighton 3961![Br.] Cam.: Cam. Mt., Buea, 3,500-4,000 ft.

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