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Solanum sodomeum

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

Entry for SOLANUM sodomeum Dunal var. Hermanni [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 sodomeum Dunal var. Hermanni [family SOLANACEAE], in DC. Prod. xiii. i. 366
SOLANUM astrophorum Jan ex Dunal [family SOLANACEAE], l.c.
SOLANUM sodomeum Drège [family SOLANACEAE], in Linnæa, xx. 203.
SOLANUM sp. Drège [family SOLANACEAE], Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 104.
Information
suffruticose; branches stellately pilose; spines up to 6 lin. long, subulate, straight; leaves deeply and sinuately lobed, 3 1/2 in. by 2 1/2 in., with scattered stellate hairs on both surfaces, spiny on the nerves; lobes rounded; petiole 1 in. long, spiny; flowers solitary or few together; calyx campanulate, densely (or sometimes sparingly) spiny outside; lobes linear-lanceolate, acute, slightly scarious on the margins; corolla violet, plicate, 1 in. in diam.; lobes broadly ovate, cuspidate; stamens shorter than the corolla; anthers oblong, with 2 small apical pores; ovary globose, glabrous; style nearly straight, thickened at the base; stigma nearly hemispherical; fruit globose, 1 1/4 in. in diam., at first green variegated with white, finally yellow. null
Range
The type is a native of Europe.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; on Bosch Berg, Burchell, 3238!COAST REGION Cape Div.; Lion Mountain, under 500 ft., Drège, 7862 (ex Dunal); Uitenhage Div.; Valley of the Zwartkops River, 50–500 ft. Zeyher, 3466. Bathurst Div.; Port Alfred, 50 ft., Galpin, 2954! Fort Beaufort Div., Cooper, 483! East London Div.; river bank near Cove Rock, 50 ft., Galpin, 3176!

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