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Solanum pauperum

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Name

Identification
Solanum pauperum C.H.Wright [family SOLANACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vorontsova, M., Solanum pauperum C.H.Wright [family SOLANACEAE ] Verified by R.N. Lester,
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  • Solanum anomalum
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Flora

Entry for SOLANUM pauperum C. H. Wright [family SOLANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol IV, Part 2, page 207, (1905) Author: (By C. H. Wright.)
Names
SOLANUM pauperum C. H. Wright [family SOLANACEAE], in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 127. —Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 746.
Information
Stem woody, branched, terete, slightly rugose, lepidote when young. Leaves lanceolate, 1 1/2 in. long, 1/2 in. wide, glabrous, slightly crenulate, blackish when dry; petiole 3/4 in. long. Cymes umbellate, subterminal; pedicels 1/3 in. long. Calyx cupular, slightly pubescent; teeth 5, ovate, rather shorter than the tube. Corolla rotate; lobes 5, oblong, pubescent outside. Stamens 5: anthers sessile, short, pores small, terminal. Ovary globose; style rather longer than the stamens. Fruit globose, 1/3 in. in diam., smooth, shining.
Distribution
Gold Coast Upper Guinea Accra, Ansell!Angola Lower Guinea Welwitsch, 6054! 6074! 6075! Muceques, near Loanda, Gossweiler, 106! 494!Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Shibisa (Chikwawa), Kirk!

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