Solanum laxum Spreng.

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Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park, Harare

Synonyms:	Solanum jasminoides Paxton
Common names:	Jasmine nightshade (English)
Description:	Unarmed, glabrous climber with slender stems. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, the upper simple and entire, the lower often irregularly pinnatifid or pinnate. Calyx 2-3 mm. Flowers white, star-shaped, 20 mm in diameter, white or pale blue, borne in forking, lateral or terminal clusters. Berry 7-9 mm in diameter, dark blue to shiny black.
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Derivation of specific name:	laxum: open, loose, lax
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Worldwide distribution:	Native to South America and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Saturday 10 January 2015
Literature:	Gonçalves, A.E. (2005). Solanaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(4) Page 69.

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