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Solanum lycocarpum - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Solanum lycocarpum - Fruit - Click to enlarge!

Fruit; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Solanum lycocarpum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Solanum lycocarpum - Upper and lower surface of leaves - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaves; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Solanum lycocarpum - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Solanum lycocarpum - Foliage - Click to enlarge!

Foliage; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Solanum lycocarpum - Spines on leaf vein - Click to enlarge!

Spines on leaf vein; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Solanum lycocarpum - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 4/2005 © Sonja Germer

Solanum lycocarpum - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 4/2005 © Sonja Germer

Solanum lycocarpum - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 4/2005 © Sonja Germer

Solanum lycocarpum - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 4/2005 © Sonja Germer

Solanum lycocarpum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 4/2005 © Sonja Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 139
Date of entry: 14.11.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Wolf Apple

Portuguese: Lobeira

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2592)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2489)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2104)

      Order: Solanales (94)

        Family: Solanaceae (48)(family description)

          Genus: Solanum (22)

            Epithet: lycocarpum A. St. Hil. (1)

lycocarpum => wolf's fruit - fruit important part of the diet for the Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: xerophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: purple

External links

Check for Solanum lycocarpum at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI
  • [1188] Solanum - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database

Literature

  • [23] Lorenzi,H. (2002): Brazilian trees: A guide to the identification and cultivation of Brazilian native trees. Plantarum, Nova Odessa, São Paulo, Brazil.

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