Solanum Species of Eastern Australia
| Solanum Species of Eastern Australia | |
Unless indicated otherwise, the following attributes are implicit throughout the descriptions, except where the characters concerned are inapplicable.
Habit and juveniles. Juvenile stage present.
Branchlets. Adult stems bark thin, nondescript. Adult stems prickles present. Adult branchlets terete. Adult branchlets prickles present. Adult branchlets stellae central ray present. Adult branchlets simple hairs absent.
Leaves. Adult leaves domatia absent. Adult leaves petioles not winged. Axillary leaves absent.
Lower leaf surface. Lower leaf surface branched/dendritic hairs absent.
Inflorescence. Inflorescence common peduncle present. Flowers all similar. Stigma obtuse or lobed.
Fruits. Fruiting calyx prickles present; lobes not recurved. Mature fruits glabrous. Stone-cell granules absent.
Miscellaneous. Native.
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Cite this publication as: ‘Bean, A.R. 2005 onwards. Solanum species of Eastern Australia. Version: 8th October 2006. http://delta-intkey.com’.