Solanum chrysotrichum Schltdl.

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Mutare Municipal Caravan Park, Christmas Pass

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Tiger Kloof, Mutare

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Churchill Avenue, opposite Falmouth Road, Harare

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Synonyms:	Solanum hispidum auct. mult. non Pers. Solanum pynaertii De Wild.
Common names:	Giant devil's fig (English)
Description:	Shrub or small tree to 7.5 m, bearing prickles. Indumentum stellate. Branches densely hairy with rusty-brown hairs. Leaves: petiole up to 11 cm long; lamina 10-60 × 4-35 cm, broadly ovate to elliptic, leathery, rough; margin entire to deeply lobed with 7-13 rounded lobes, felty-brown-tomentose and prickly beneath. Inflorescence of axillary cymes. Calyx with linear or lanceolate lobes, accrescent. Corolla white. Fruits green becoming yellowish to dull orange-yellow when ripe. Seeds glossy, minutely warty.
Notes:	Cultivated in Zimbabwean gardens and occasionally escaping, particularly around Mutare and Harare.
Derivation of specific name:	chrysotrichum: from Greek: chryso, meaning golden and tricho, hair, hence golden-hairy.
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Worldwide distribution:	Native in Central America (Mexico, Guatemala, Panama), now widespread in the tropics.
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Image last updated:	Tuesday 5 November 2019
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 867. (Includes a picture). Gonçalves, A.E. (2005). Solanaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(4) Pages 117 - 118. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 79.

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