Fruits; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 11/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Foliage; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 11/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Lower surface of leaves; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 11/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Identifier: 2182
Date of entry: 23.02.2014
Last update: 11.01.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2625)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2528)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2137)
Order: Solanales (93)
Family: Solanaceae (48)(family description)
Genus: Lycianthes (3)
Epithet: neesiana (Wall. ex Nees) D (1)
neesiana => in honor of Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776-1858), German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: blue, purple, white