Solanum burchellii Dunal

Species

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Characteristics

Small shrub, up to 1 m tall, with dense, stellate, green-yellow or brownish hairs; stem prickles reddish, slender, straight, up to 6 mm long or absent. Leaves petiolate, elliptic, up to 60 mm long, margin undulate, midvein prominent. Flowers solitary to few in clusters, 15-20 mm diam., mauve to violet inside. Ripe berries orange, drying black, shiny, 10 mm diam.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.65 - 1.0
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 1-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses gene source medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 15 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity light
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Solanum burchellii world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Conservation status

Solanum burchellii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0001026711
COL ID 4XZSM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Solanum burchellii Solanum schaeferi Solanum rangei Solanum tenuihamatum Solanum burchellii subsp. horrescens Solanum burchellii var. parcearmatum Solanum burchellii var. schaeferi Solanum tomentosum var. burchellii