Solanum chrysotrichum Schltdl.
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Protea Hill Farm
Jun 2009
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Protea Hill Farm
Jun 2009
Photo: Mike Bingham
Protea Hill Farm
Jun 2009
Photo: Mike Bingham
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Mutare Municipal Caravan Park, Christmas Pass
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Mutare Municipal Caravan Park, Christmas Pass
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Mutare Municipal Caravan Park, Christmas Pass
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Mutare Municipal Caravan Park, Christmas Pass
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Mutare Municipal Caravan Park, Christmas Pass
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Mutare Municipal Caravan Park, Christmas Pass
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Mutare Municipal Caravan Park, Christmas Pass
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Mutare Municipal Caravan Park, Christmas Pass
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Suffolk Road, Strathaven, Harare
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Suffolk Road, Strathaven, Harare
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Upper East Road, Mt Pleasant
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Upper East Road, Mt Pleasant
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Upper East Road, Mt Pleasant
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Outside Conquenar, Eastlea, Harare
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Cork Road, Harare
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Cork Road, Harare
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Cork Road, Harare
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Robert Mugabe Way, Mutare
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Robert Mugabe Way, Mutare
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Robert Mugabe Way, Mutare
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Tiger Kloof, Mutare
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Tiger Kloof, Mutare
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Tiger Kloof, Mutare
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Tiger Kloof, Mutare
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Tiger Kloof, Mutare
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Churchill Avenue, opposite Falmouth Road, Harare
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Churchill Avenue, opposite Falmouth Road, Harare
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Churchill Avenue, opposite Falmouth Road, Harare
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Synonyms:
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Solanum hispidum auct. mult. non Pers. Solanum pynaertii De Wild.
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Common names:
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Giant Devil’s Fig (English: Zambia)
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Introduced |
Description:
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Shrub or small tree to 7.5 m, bearing prickles. Indumentum stellate. Branches densely hairy with rusty-brown hairs. Leaves: petiole up to 11 cm long; lamina 10-60 × 4-35 cm, broadly ovate to elliptic, leathery, rough; margin entire to deeply lobed with 7-13 rounded lobes, felty-brown-tomentose and prickly beneath. Inflorescence of axillary cymes. Calyx with linear or lanceolate lobes, accrescent. Corolla white. Fruits green becoming yellowish to dull orange-yellow when ripe. Seeds glossy, minutely warty. |
Type location:
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Mexico |
Notes:
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“(S)aid to have been introduced to Africa from India a long time ago to protect cattle kraals against lions, but nowadays a potentially noxious weed;” F.Z. |
Derivation of specific name:
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chrysotrichum: from Greek: chryso, meaning golden and tricho, hair, hence golden-hairy. |
Habitat:
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Disturbed places |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Native in Central America (Mexico, Guatemala, Panama), now widespread in the tropics. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
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W,C,E |
Zambian distribution (Provinces):
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Nw,E,Lk |
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Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: |
Wednesday 3 August 2016 |
Literature:
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Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 867. (Includes a picture).
Gonçalves, A.E. (2005). Solanaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(4) Pages 117 - 118.
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 79.
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24
Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.
(2024).
Flora of Zambia: Species information: Solanum chrysotrichum. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=150620, retrieved 2 May 2024
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