Filed As:

Solanaceae
Solandra longiflora Tussac

All Determinations:

Solandra longiflora Tussac det. M. H. Nee, 24 Dec 2007

Solandra maxima (Sessé & Moc.) P.S.Green det. M. H. Nee, 2007

Common Names:

chalice vine

Location:

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. Saba. Windwardside. Coordinates for the Cottage Club but specimens collected throughout the village.

Collector(s):

S. A. Mori 27052 with C. A. Gracie, 22 Oct 2007

Description:

Shrub, 1.75 m tall. Leaves alternate, obovate; petiole reddish. Flowers solitary, terminal; corolla pubescent at opening into corolla tube inside. Flowers ca. 25 cm long x 10 cm diameter; calyx green, winged; corolla chalice-like for upper 1/2 , constricted into tube for lower 1/2; the corolla cream-colored at noctural anthesis, turning yellow next day, the constricted part of the tube always green, the inside of tube with maroon lines. Cultivated.

Habitat:

Weeds and cultivated plants.

Feature Notes:

UNICATE. [Photos].

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 00951903
GUID: 212377a9-ac67-4d45-a163-d5efa8230686

Map:

Coordinates: (17.6288, -63.2301)

Distribution:

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