Solanum Species of Eastern Australia
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Habit and juveniles. Perennial vine. Juvenile branchlets with 0 prickles per dm. Juvenile leaves ovate, or broadly ovate; deeply lobed throughout; with 1–2 pairs of lobes; lamina 5–7 cm long; lamina 4–6 cm wide; with 0 prickles on upper surface.
Branchlets. Adult stems prickles absent. Adult branchlets prickles absent. Adult branchlets hairs simple, or absent. Adult branchlets stellae absent. Adult branchlets simple hairs absent, or antrorse, curved; not gland-tipped; 0.2–0.3 mm long. Adult branchlets Type 2 hairs absent.
Leaves. Adult leaves lanceolate, or ovate; entire; lamina 2–6 cm long; lamina 0.7–3 cm wide; apex obtuse, or acute; base cuneate or attenuate, or obtuse. Adult leaves petioles 1–2 cm long; prickles absent. Axillary leaves absent.
Upper leaf surface. Upper leaf surface green; prickles absent; stellate hairs absent; protostellae absent; stellate hair density absent from surface. Upper leaf surface simple hairs absent, or antrorse, curved; very sparse or confined to major veins; not gland-tipped. Upper leaf surface Type 2 hairs absent.
Lower leaf surface. Lower leaf surface green; prickles absent. Lower leaf surface stellate hair density absent. Lower leaf surface simple hairs absent, or antrorse, curved; very sparse or confined to major veins; not gland-tipped. Lower leaf surface Type 2 hairs absent.
Inflorescence. Inflorescence terminal; branched (paniculate to corymbose); common peduncle 15–35 mm long; rachis prickles absent; 10–30-flowered; with all flowers bisexual. Flowers 5-merous. Pedicels at anthesis 10–15 mm long; prickles absent. Calyx tube at anthesis 2–3 mm long. Calyx lobes at anthesis hemispherical, or deltate; 1–1.5 mm long. Calyx prickles at anthesis absent. Calyx stellae absent. Calyx simple hairs absent. Calyx Type 2 hairs absent. Corolla white; 9–15 mm long; shallowly lobed; inner surface with simple hairs. Anthers 2–4 mm long. Ovary glabrous. Functional style 5 mm long.
Fruits. Fruiting calyx prickles absent. Mature fruits 10–30 per inflorescence; globular; 6–9 mm diameter; black, or purple; shiny. Pedicels at fruiting stage 15 mm long. Seeds white, or pale yellow; 2–3 mm long.
Distribution and habitat. New South Wales, Victoria. North Coast (NC), Central Coast (CC), South Coast (SC).
Miscellaneous. Naturalised. Common name: Jasmine Nightshade. Data source: Fl of Vic, Symon 1981, Fl of NZ.
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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’.