Solanum sporadotrichum F.Muell.

Species

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Characteristics

Shrub, green; inflorescence and leaves sparsely pubescent with stellate hairs, the hairs sometimes dense on lower leaf-surface, branchlets almost glabrous; prickles scattered to numerous on branchlets, few or absent on leaves. Leaves ovate, concolorous, entire to shallowly lobed. Entire leaves with lamina 5.5–11 cm long, 1.5–5 cm wide; lobed leaves with lamina 7–17 cm long, 4–10 cm wide; petiole 1–6 cm long. Inflorescence short, few–flowered. Calyx c. 9 mm long; lobes narrowly triangular, c. 7 mm long. Corolla stellate, deeply incised, white or purple. Anthers c. 5 mm long. Berry c. 16–18 mm diam., probably scarlet. Seeds 2–3 mm long, pale yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Environment

Grows in rainforest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Solanum sporadotrichum world distribution map, present in Australia

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WFO ID wfo-0001031363
COL ID 6Z5BZ
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Synonyms

Solanum sporadotrichum