Solanum morellifolium Bohs

  • Filed As

    Solanaceae
    Solanum morellifolium Bohs

  • Collector(s)

    C. F. Limbach 144, 28 Feb 1990

  • Location

    Ecuador. Morona Santiago. Basin of the Rio Morona, Rio Mangosiza. Nayumbime, 45 km SE of Sucua (by air), near Don Luis Najamte's house.

  • Habitat

    Undulating terrain, reddish clay soils. Field recently cleared for crop cultivation.

  • Description

    Herb to 40 cm, fruit pea-sized, yellow, smooth; flowers with white petals; sap clear. Phenology of specimen: Flower, Fertile, Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 41458

    Occurrence ID: 7adc4937-6c9a-4c72-a081-2e30d87e3453

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Solanales

  • Family

    Solanaceae

  • All Determinations

    Solanum morellifolium Bohs det M. H. Nee, 1994

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Morona Santiago

  • Locality

    Basin of the Rio Morona, Rio Mangosiza. Nayumbime, 45 km SE of Sucua (by air), near Don Luis Najamte's house.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 300 m. (984 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -2.72, -77.63

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Basin of Rio Morona, Rio Mangosiza. Nayumbime,
45 km SE of Sucua (by air) ca. 2°43fS, 77°38'W.	'
Undulating terrain, reddish clay soils. Elev. ca.
300 m. Field recently cleared for crop cultivation
near Don Luis Najamte's house.	3
Herb to 40cm, fruit pea-sized, yellow, smooth;
flowers with white petals; sap clear.
N#V.: shimpishpi (ShuE
Principal interest: used tea treat viral syndrome
("patuma") similar to chickenpox; plant placed in
water and allowed to cool until tepid; patient is
bathed in liquid. Also used to treat skin lesions
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LIMBACH, M.D.
28 Feb..
Funded by the Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals,
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