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Solanum giganteum - Infructescence, side view - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence, side view; Hekpoort, West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Solanum giganteum - Infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence; Hekpoort, West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Solanum giganteum - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Hekpoort, West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Solanum giganteum - Prickles on branch - Click to enlarge!

Prickles on branch; Hekpoort, West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Solanum giganteum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Hekpoort, West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Solanum giganteum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Hekpoort, West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1123
Date of entry: 21.07.2009
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Red Bitter Apple

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2595)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2492)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2107)

      Order: Solanales (94)

        Family: Solanaceae (48)(family description)

          Genus: Solanum (22)

            Epithet: giganteum Jacq. (5)

Synonym: Solanum niveum Thunb.

giganteum => gigantic, unusually higher than the type

niveum => snow white

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: xerophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: blue, white

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