CHR 508151 – Solanum americanum Mill.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 508151
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
30 October 2007
Database record updated:
30 October 2007
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Solanum nodiflorum
Determiner:
G.P. Buelow
Identification date:
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:
Tofua, about halfway to summit from Manaka
Verbatim locality:
Tofua, about halfway to summit from Manaka
Verbatim collector:
G.P. Buelow 2649
Standardised collector:
G. P. Buelow
Verbatim date:
17 Jun 1982
Start date:
1982-06-17
Country:
Tonga
Altitudes:
from 250m
Habitat:
Weed in recently cleared kava patch.
Notes:
Erect herb to about 0.9m tall; flowers white; leaves boiled and eaten by Tongans.Tongan name: polokai, polohina.
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