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Solanum mammosum
Coarse and branched half-woodty plant, prickly or unarmed, growing to a height of 0.4 to 1 meter. Stems are prickly and covered with soft short hairs. Leaves are ovate to oblong-ovate, 10-25 cm long, some armed with spines, stellate-hairy beneath, and irregularly and shallowly lobed at the margin. Flowers are axillary, about 2.5 cm long, purplish or bluish. Fruit is fleshy, smooth, purple when ripe, up to 25 cm long, extremely variable in shape - rounded, oblong, or cylindric-oblong. source: http://www.stuartxchange.org/Utong.html
In thickets and waste places along the roads at low altitudes. Cultivated in some gardens. Propagated by seeds.
Spotted on Jul 21, 2011
Submitted on Aug 2, 2011
2 Comments
I'm glad the spotting helped ^_^
Thanks for posting this one--I borrowed your info to update my spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/570...