Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Solanaceae
Solanaceae
Description:
Species Description - A prickly or unarmed shrub, 2 m. high or less, the twigs, leaves and inflorescence stellate puberulent, the prickles slender. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, 4-12 cm. long, slender-petioled, acute or obtuse at the apex, narrowed or obtuse and often oblique at the base, the margin entire or somewhat undulate, the veins rather distant; peduncles lateral, longer than the petioles; inflorescence racemiform, sometimes forked, few-several-flowered; pedicels slender, thickened upward, 6-12 mm. long, nodding in fruit; calyx 1.5 mm. long, its lobes ovate; corolla blue, rarely white, 10-15 mm. broad; berry red, globose, 6-8 mm. in diameter.
Species Description - A prickly or unarmed shrub, 2 m. high or less, the twigs, leaves and inflorescence stellate puberulent, the prickles slender. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, 4-12 cm. long, slender-petioled, acute or obtuse at the apex, narrowed or obtuse and often oblique at the base, the margin entire or somewhat undulate, the veins rather distant; peduncles lateral, longer than the petioles; inflorescence racemiform, sometimes forked, few-several-flowered; pedicels slender, thickened upward, 6-12 mm. long, nodding in fruit; calyx 1.5 mm. long, its lobes ovate; corolla blue, rarely white, 10-15 mm. broad; berry red, globose, 6-8 mm. in diameter.
Discussion:
White-lands and scrub-lands throughout the archipelago from Abaco and Great Bahama through the Biminis and Andros to Grand Turk Islands, Ambergris Cay and Inagua : Florida ; Cuba ; Ilispaniola : Jamaica. Consists of many races, unarmed or very prickly, with the leaves entire or toothed, and the flowers and fruits varying considerably in size. Recorded by Dolley and by Hitchcock as Solatium ignacum L. Bahama Solanum. Canker-berry.
Distribution:
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Bimini Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| West Indies| Jamaica South America|
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Bimini Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| West Indies| Jamaica South America|