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drunken berry
Solanum africanum
Solanum africanum is a species of plant in the nightshade family. It is found in South Africa. This plant typically occurs near the coast up to an altitude of 200m.
From the article Solanum africanum on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Solanum africanum is a perennial, herbaceous shrub or climber growing up to 3 meters tall. The flowers are white to purple with a yellow centre, borne in pendulous clusters at the branch tips. The leaves are simple in shape, green, ovate to elliptic or lanceolate with an acute apex, and the margin is often entire, but occasionally lobed. While growing flat on the ground without a support to keep it upright, the plant sends out branches in all directions, which may be seen. It's possible that this growth behavior is why the plant is occasionally called the drunken rope or berry. The fruit is a round berry, black when ripe, 15mm in diameter.
Range & habitat
This species is frequently found near coastal dunes in the bush. It occurs from Cape Peninsula to KwaZulu-Natal. It flowers at any time of the year.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 526198.