Solanum africanum Mill.

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Solanales (101)

        Family: Solanaceae (51)(family description)

          Genus: Solanum (24)

            Epithet: africanum Mill. (1)

Synonyms: Solanum africanum Dunal, Solanum aggerum Dunal, Solanum exasperatum Drège, Solanum geniculatum Drège, Solanum longipes Dunal, Solanum nelsonii F.Br., Solanum quadrangulare Thunb., Solanum vandellianum Dunal, Witheringia crassifolia (Lam.) Dunal

crassifolia => having thick, fleshy or leathery leaves

longipes => long-stalked

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: violet, white

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