Solanum crotonoides Lam.

  • Filed As

    Solanaceae
    Solanum crotonoides Lam.

  • Collector(s)

    M. H. Nee 52301 with J. C. Montero C., 18 Apr 2003

  • Location

    Dominican Republic. Independencia. Sierra de Neiba. 34 km above Los Pinos de Edén on road paralleling the Haitian border.

  • Habitat

    Grows at edge of forest and roadsides and tangled edges so often cut off and hard to tell what the real growth form is. Cloud forest. With Brunellia, Weinmannia, tree ferns and bamboo.

  • Description

    Shrubs with long slender erect or sometimes arching branches, to 5 m. tall; all spines slender and straight and perpendicular, from lowest stems to ultimate branches. Base of trunk to at least 6 cm. in diameter, but most stems, even the tallest a maximum of 3 cm. in diameter. Leaves green above, whitened beneath. Flowers few; corolla violet; anthers yellow. Phenology of specimen: Flower, Fertile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00736467

    Occurrence ID: 288de1e3-a797-4b23-b041-f3a868995272

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Solanales

  • Family

    Solanaceae

  • All Determinations

    Solanum crotonoides Lam. det M. H. Nee, 2003

  • Region

    West Indies

  • Country

    Dominican Republic

  • State/Province

    Independencia

  • Locality

    Sierra de Neiba. 34 km above Los Pinos de Edén on road paralleling the Haitian border.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1870 m. (6135 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    18.6767, -71.7767

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