Solanum glaucescens Zucc.

  • Filed As

    Solanaceae
    Solanum glaucescens Zucc.

  • Collector(s)

    M. H. Nee 32280 with T. Andres, 19 Dec 1985

  • Location

    Mexico. Oaxaca. Distrito Yautepec, Mun. Nejapa, vic. Camaron, 13 km. NW of San Juan la Jarcia along hwy. Mex. 190.

  • Habitat

    Deciduous thorn forest.

  • Description

    Woody vine, only a few leaves left on tips of a few branches. Fruit dark green at pedicel end, mottled, then mostly greenish white at style end, globose, turning orange, the largest 4 cm. in diam., the flesh of the wall orange, the seeds surrounded by gelatinous orange-red pulp with little taste, neither bitter nor sweet, the pulp red in green fruits, the fruit wall turning orange the same time the outside does; seeds apparently always white. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00854236

    Occurrence ID: 1f8926ca-1de5-4b04-b8d4-6b4008da2b5f

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Solanales

  • Family

    Solanaceae

  • All Determinations

    Solanum glaucescens Zucc. det M. H. Nee, 1985

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    Mexico

  • State/Province

    Oaxaca

  • Locality

    Distrito Yautepec, Mun. Nejapa, vic. Camaron, 13 km. NW of San Juan la Jarcia along hwy. Mex. 190.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 700 m. (2297 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    16.57, -96.03

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