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
Internal reference: 2182
Date of entry: 23.02.2014
Last update: 27.10.2015
Kingdom: Plantae (2509)
Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2408)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2040)
Order: Solanales (89)
Family: Solanaceae (47) (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
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