Solanum arequipense Bitter

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FLORA OF PERU
SOLANACEAE
Solanum arequipense Bitter
Särkinen, T, 2012
Peru, Dept Moquegua, Prov. Mariscal Nieto, Yacanco - Torata, 2
km along a dirt road from Yacanco town centre towards Toplay 30 m
from Quebrada Torata; growing next to a stream in shade.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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17°05'51" S, 70°52'42" W Alt: 1954m.
Shrub to 1 m high, branches to 1.5 m long; leaves soft to touch,
corolla white, some purple tinged, with yellow-green eye, reflexed
nearly 180 degrees; fruits green with small white speckled spots,
turning stlightly greyish-green, some purple tinged, these extremely
soft; calyx reflexed in fruit.
Särkinen, T. 4084
with Matthews, A.; Gonzales, P.
23 March 2012
Collected as part of the project PBI Solanum - a world treatment funded by
the National Science Foundation (NSF) grant DEB-0316614, under
collection permit No 084-2012-AG-DGFFS-DGEFFS and export permit
008014-AG-DGFFS, Agricultural Ministry, Peru
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