Solanum vagans specimen from Tanzania

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BRIT Collections
Fort Worth, United States

Plant specimen of Solanum vagans from Tanzania deposited in the Botanical Research Institute of Texas collection (BRIT) at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. Catalog number: BRIT715886

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Title: Solanum vagans specimen from Tanzania
Creator: Unspecified
Physical Location: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Transcript:
tana Botanical Research Institute of Texas SOLANACEAE Solanum vagans C.H. Wright det. C.J. Kayombo, 1998 Tanga: Korogwe District T3. N of Mashindei Village, disturbed natural forest, slope of Kwemadanga and Mavumbi Hills facing S; with Newtonia buchananii, Myrianthus holstil, Macaranga kilimandscharica, Anthocleista grandiflora. OS°04'40"S 038°24'39"E 1200 - 1280 m Occasional straggling or climbing herb to 1 m high. Calyx green with yellow-brown pubescence. Corolla purple. Anthers yellow-orange. Filaments yellow-green. Stigma green. C.J. Kayombo & S. Gao 1469 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO) 09 APR 2022 Style white-green. Local name: (Kisambaa) = "Mtula". Roots boiled and drunk to treat stomach ache. 10 November 1998 Botanical Research Institute of Texas C.J. Kayombo & S. Gao 1469 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO) BRIT 715886
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Type: Preserved plant specimen
Publisher: Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Rights: Botanical Research Institute of Texas. CC-BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
External Link: Specimen details

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