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Saracha quitensis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Saracha
Species:	S. quitensis
Binomial name
Saracha quitensis (Hook.) Miers (1853)
Synonyms
Acnistus quitensis (Hook.) Hunz. (1960) Grabowskia sodiroi Bitter (1914) Lycium quitense Hook. (1845) Poecilochroma quitensis (Hook.) Miers (1848) Poecilochroma sodiroi Dammer (1905)

Saracha quitensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to Ecuador, Colombia, and northwestern Venezuela.

Description

A spiny shrub up to 3.5m in height; leaves dark green above; calyx teeth pubescent; corolla pale yellow, campanulate; filaments pale yellow, anthers greenish-purple; style pale, stigma green; fruit a turbinate berry.

References

1. Montúfar, R.; Pitman, N. (2004). "Grabowskia sodiroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T46309A11047191. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46309A11047191.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. ^ Saracha quitensis (Hook.) Miers. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
3. (Herbarium sheet) https://www.alamy.com/saracha-quitensis-hook-miers-image359499324.html Retrieved at 23.48 on Monday 30/10/23.

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