Solanum melissarum

Solanum melissarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species: S. melissarum
Binomial name
Solanum melissarum
Bohs

Solanum melissarum (syn. Cyphomandra divaricata)[2] is a small tree or shrub in the flowering plant family Solanaceae endemic to Brazil.[3]

Description

Solanum melissarum, flower and flower buds

A small tree, from 1 to 6 metres high, usually with a single trunk. The crown of light branches carries simple, unlobed leaves. The flowering inflorescence is from 5 cm to 30 cm long, and carries 4 to 20 long, narrow flower buds. The narrow, slightly membranous flower petal are green-white. The petals curve upward at first opening, and become lax as the flower ages. The anthers are at first purple, changing to yellow-orange with age.[4]

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Solanum melissarum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.
  2. Bohs, Lynn (1995). "Transfer of Cyphomandra (Solanaceae) and its species to Solanum". Taxon (44:): 583–587.
  3. Bohs, Lynn (1994). "Cyphomandra (Solanaceae)". Flora Neotropica. Monograph 63 (New York Botanical Garden): 75–77.
  4. Bohs, Lynn (1994). "Cyphomandra (Solanaceae)". Flora Neotropica. Monograph 63 ((New York Botanical Garden)): 75–77.
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