Solanum mauritianum Scop.
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Solanum mauritianum Scop. (1788)
Solanum mauritianum Scop.
Nomenclature
Scop.
Scop.
1788
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Solanum mauritianum Scop.
species
Solanum mauritianum
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Solanum mauritianum Scop.
Spreading, unarmed shrub or small tree to 10 m tall and with trunk to 15 cm diam., with all parts stellate-tomentose, the hairs ± sessile to long-stalked. lvs on vegetative and most flowering shoots with prominent stipule-like auricles 5-25 mm long at base; petioles to 6 cm long on flowering shoots, longer on strong vegetative shoots. Lamina 10-25-(40) × 3.5-10-(20) cm, ovate to elliptic, entire, light to dark green on upper surface, white to yellowish green on lower surface; base cuneate; apex usually acuminate but blunt at tip. Panicles dense, many-flowered, corymbose, terminal at first; rachis to 18 cm long, stout; pedicels ± erect at fruiting. Calyx c. 5 mm long, not accrescent; lobes ± elliptic. Corolla 1.5-2 cm diam., usually mauve to purple, occasionally white; lobes ovate or triangular-ovate, stellate-tomentose outside. Anthers 2-3 mm long. Berry c. 1 cm diam., globose, dull yellow; stone cells 0. Seeds 1-2 mm long, oblong-obovoid to suborbicular.
Taxonomic concepts
Solanum auriculatum Aiton
Solanum mauritianum Scop.
Solanum mauritianum Scop.
Solanum mauritianum Scop.
Solanum mauritianum Scop.
Solanum mauritianum Scop.
Solanum mauritianum Scop.
Solanum mauritianum Scop.
Solanum mauritianum Scop.
Solanum mauritianum Scop.
Solanum mauritianum Scop.
Solanum mauritianum Scop.
Solanum mauritianum Scop.
Solanum mauritianum Scop.
Solanum mauritianum Scop.
Solanum mauritianum Scop.
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1 January 2000
31 December 2023