Jaltomata antillana

Jaltomata antillana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Subfamily: Solanoideae
Tribe: Solaneae
Genus: Jaltomata
Species: J. antillana
Binomial name
Jaltomata antillana
(Krug & Urb.) D'Arcy
Synonyms[1]

Saracha antillana Krug & Urb.

Jaltomata antillana (Antilles false holly)[2] is a plant species native to Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba and Puerto Rico. [3][4]

Jaltomata antillana is an herb up to 100 cm (39 inches) tall. Flowers are white to cream colored. Fruits deep blood red, about 10 mm in diameter.[5][6][7]


References

  1. Tropicos
  2. "Jaltomata antillana". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  3. Fuentes, F. V. R. 1990. Solanaceae of Cuba IV. Jaltomata Schlechtendal. Revista del Jardin Botanico Nacional 11: 19-22.
  4. Adams, C. D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of West Indies. Indies Mona, Jamaica
  5. D'Arcy, William Gerald. 1979. A name change in the Antillean Solanaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65(2):780-781.
  6. Krug, Karl Wilhelm Leopold & Ignatz Urban. 1895. Notizblatt des Koniglichen botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin. Leipzig 1:80.
  7. Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University
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