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Solanum amicorum

Benth. (1843)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: London J. Bot. 2: 227 (1843)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Solanum amicorum Koloa district. Lawai Valley. National Tropical Botanical Garden Preserved_Specimen Shrub of 4'. Leaves dark, glossy green above with whitish-green midrib, below dull, greyish-green. Flowers in bud: petals pale green with purplish hairs. Open flowers: petals white with central purple haired area with out; within white with pale green central stripe and base; Flynn, T.W. 3340 Kauai BISH 1989-04-21
2 Solanum amicorum National Tropical Botanical Garden Living Collection. Four House Canyon section west side of stream above dam Preserved_Specimen Shrubs to ~ 1 m tall. Stem shiny bright green und a grey-green to brownish indumentum that is easily rubbed off. Leaf: petiole and primary vein above and below colored like stem; blade above glossy green, the veins deeply impressed as to be almost bullate, below much paler, grey-green. Hume, L. 505 Kauai BISH 1990-05-16
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