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| Status: | Native |
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Annual or short-lived perennial to 50 cm tall. Branches villous with spreading mostly glandular hairs. Leaves ovate, entire to sinuate-lobed. Cymes lateral, 2-6-flowered; pedicels elongating in fruit and becoming deflexed. Corolla white or cream, sometimes flushed with purple or mauve. Fruit purple to black, subglobose to ellipsoid, 6-8 mm in diameter. |
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Lectotype from Ethiopia |
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| Worldwide distribution: | From Egypt and Yemen south to Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
| FZ divisions: | GI,M |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Gonçalves, A.E. (2005). Solanaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(4) Page 82. |