Solanum erianthum D.Don

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Don, D. (1825), Prodromus Florae Nepalensis: 96

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Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 115, Map 91
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misapplication Solanum verbascifolium L. by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 449: 115
common name: Tobacco Tree: ~ 115, Map 91
common name: Potato Tree: ~ 115, Map 91
  Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29: 115, Map 91
 APC
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misapplication Solanum verbascifolium L. by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 449: 115
common name: Tobacco Tree: ~ 115, Map 91
common name: Potato Tree: ~ 115, Map 91

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Potato Tree, Tobacco Tree

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Description

Shrub or small tree to 8 m, often with flattened, spreading crown, green or grey- green, densely pubescent with stellate hairs; prickles absent. Leaves ovate-elliptic; lamina 8–24 cm long, 4–15 cm wide, slightly discolorous, entire; petiole 1–10 cm long. Inflorescence branched, many-flowered; peduncle to first fork 3–8 cm long; pedicels 5–10 mm long. Calyx 4–7 mm long; lobes triangular, 1–2.5 mm long. Corolla stellate, 13–19 mm diam., white. Anthers 2.5–3 mm long. Berry globular, 10 mm diam., dull yellow, pubescent. Seeds 1.5–2 mm long, dull yellow.

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Distribution

Originally from tropical Central America, and now widespread in south-east Asia and to a less extent in west tropical Africa. Occurs in near-coastal eastern Australia in Qld and north-eastern N.S.W. 

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Habitat

Usually associated with disturbed habitats in high rainfallareas.

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Representative Herbarium Specimens

Qld: N of Boonah, L. W. Jessup & M. Olsen 263 (BRI); Pine Mt, W. T. Jones 276 (CANB). N.S.W.: Whian Whian State Forest, H. C. Hayes, J. Turner, D. J. McGillivray 2599 (NSW).

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Notes

Generally considered native to Australia but may have been a pre- Europeansettlement introduction.

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Illustration: D. E. Symon, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 4: fig. 25 (1981).

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Flora of Australia Volume 29

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Last updated: System; Feb 20, 2020 12:41 Status: Legacy

Author - D.E.Symon, R.W.Purdie

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Cite this profile as: D.E.Symon, R.W.Purdie. Solanum erianthum, in (ed.), Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Solanum%20erianthum [Date Accessed: 21 March 2025]