CHR 499234 – Solanum americanum Mill.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 499234
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
27 January 1995
Database record updated:
30 September 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Solanum americanum subsp. nutans
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-08-13 (Verbatim: 13 Aug 1993)
Preferred name:
Solanum americanum Mill.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Solanales
Family:
Solanaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Home Motu
Verbatim locality:
Home Motu
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4542/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
13 Aug 1993
Start date:
1993-08-13
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Palmerston
Habitat:
Near house in village, pure coral sand.
Notes:
Bushy herb with erect main stem, purplish towards base. Leaves light green. Flowers pendent on recurved pedicels. Corolla white, star-like; lobes c. 3 x 1 mm, narrow triangular. Fruit globular, glossy, 5-6 mm diameter. Stone cells present. A few plants only.
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