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Solandra maxima
Garden plant with huge single flowers as you can see. Cup shaped. quite distinctive and stand out. Petals are fused together to form a cup shaped corolla with lobes. Classification: Plantae, Angiosperms,eudicots, Asterids, Solanales, Solanaceae. Solanaceae is a very important family and includes amongst others tomato, brinjals, nightshades.
Cool, climes of Cameron Highlands, moist, wet, climate, fertile soil. This is endemic to Mexico and South America. Obviously, it seems to have been naturalised here.
Solanaceae is a very important family and includes amongst others tomato, brinjals, nightshades, potatoes and so on. Please credit me @jyothimenon