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| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Somewhat bushy annual or short-lived perennial, to 1 m. Leaves broadly ovate to elliptic, sometimes elliptic-lanceolate or subcircular, 2.5-12.5 cm or more in length, ± fleshy, hairy and sticky; petiole not winged. Flowers often many, in branched, panicle-like terminal inflorescences. Corolla 1.2-2 cm long, greenish to yellow, tube broadly widening and urceolate above. Fruit more or less erect, ± spherical to ellipsoid-ovoid, 7-11 mm long, hairless, splitting above into 4 valves. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | rustica: of wild places |
| Habitat: | River beds, formerly cultivated areas and waste places. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native to South America but now widely distributed in warm parts of both hemispheres. |
| Mozambique distribution: | T |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Gonçalves, A.E. (2005). Solanaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(4) Pages 16 - 17. |
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