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Solanum pseudospinosum

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Name

Identification
Solanum pseudospinosum Wright, H. [family SOLANACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Letouzey, R.,
Related name
  • Solanum pseudospinosum

Flora

Entry for SOLANUM pseudospinosum 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 pseudospinosum C. H. Wright. [family SOLANACEAE]
SOLANUM nigrum Hook. f. forma [family SOLANACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 209.
Information
Stem slightly woody, 1 ft. high, 4-angled, pilose with simple hairs, a few becoming hard at the base. Leaves ovate, acuminate, obtuse, with simple hairs on both surfaces, more or less cuneate at the base, 1 1/2 in. long, nearly 1 in. wide. Cymes racemose, few-flowered; peduncle and pedicels pilose; pedicels clavate, 1/2 in. long. Calyx campanulate, pubescent; lobes 5, ovate. Corolla 5 lin. long; tube short, glabrous outside; lobes ovate, hairy outside. Anthers subsessile, oblong, obtuse, nearly 1 lin. long, pores oblique. Style longer than the stamens; stigma capitate. Berry 1/4 in. in diam., globose, seated on the accrescent calyx.
Distribution
Cameroons Upper Guinea Cameroon Mountain, 7000–10000 ft., Mann, 1938!

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