Biology:Solanum crinitum
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Short description: Species of tropical tree
| Solanum crinitum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Solanum |
| Species: | S. crinitum
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| Binomial name | |
| Solanum crinitum Lam.
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Solanum crinitum, syn. Solanum macranthum, common name giant star potato tree, is a small tropical tree belonging to the family Solanaceae, growing to 12 m (39 ft) tall, native to the northeastern half of South America.[1]
Its flowers continue to grow bigger even after they open, doubling in size, and eventually becoming 5 cm (2.0 in) wide. Simultaneously with this, the flowers also change color, opening purple and becoming white.[2] It is very short-lived for a tree-sized plant, being full-grown at age four, and often dead by its fifth year.[3][4][better source needed] If pollinated, the flowers pro 40 cm (16 in) long and about half as wide.
References
- ↑ "Solanum crinitum Lam." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/818843-1.
- ↑ Kuck, Loraine E.; Tongg, Richard C. (1960). Hawaiian Flowers and Flowering Trees - A Guide to Tropical and Semitropical Flora. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Co.. p. 32.
- ↑ Pertchik, Bernard and Harriet (illustrations); Knapp, Paul (text) (1951). Flowering Trees of the Caribbean. New York: Reinhard and Co. Inc. p. 21.
- ↑ Morton, Julia F. (1971). Exotic Plants. New York: Golden Press. p. 131.
Wikidata ☰ Q15534539 entry
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