Common names: healing-leaf tree, giant bitter-apple, red bitter-apple, red bitter-berry, thorny bug-tree (Eng.); geneesblaarboom, grootbitterappel, rooibitterbessie
Family: Solanaceae
... particularly in late winter when food is in short supply. Solanum This species is an attractive garden subject, mainly ... second year. Jaeger (1985) explains that the genus name Solanum is possibly connected to the Latin noun solamen , ... is relatively speaking, a very tall member of the genus Solanum , where trees are quite rare. The Solanaceae is an ...
19 / 01 / 2004 | M Welman | National Herbarium Pretoria
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