老蒋草木园(3642) ------ 黄果龙葵

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植物摄影 |
分类: 绿色王国 |

学名 Solanum diphyllum Linnaeus
中文名 黄果龙葵
黄果龙葵,茄科茄属灌木。全株无毛,茎直立,株高0.5~2米......浆果成熟后橘黄色,球形,浅二裂,直径7~12毫米。原产墨西哥等中美洲国家,我国台湾、广东等地有少量栽培。《中国植物志》未收录,Flora
of China有记载。由于国内引种栽培甚少,网上几乎查不到什么中文资料。我的英文能力有限,摘要译出几句要点,把Flora of
China相关原文抄在下面,英文熟练的看官直接阅读或自己翻译,不熟练的可以请人翻译。2016年10月20日摄于广州华南植物园。
Shrubs glabrous. Stems erect, 0.5-2 m tall, young stems angled
proximal to nodes from decurrent leaf bases, otherwise terete.
Leaves unequal paired; petiole of major leaf 1-1.5 cm, winged by
leaf bases; blade of major leaf elliptic to oblong, sometimes
broad, 4-9 × 2-3.5 cm, base attenuate and decurrent on petiole and
stem, margin entire, apex rounded; minor leaves subsessile, blade
rounded, 1.5-3 × 1.2-2.2 cm, entire. Inflorescences leaf opposed,
short scorpioid racemes, often subumbellate; peduncle unbranched,
3-12 mm, later bearing conspicuous pedicel scars. Pedicel 5-12 mm,
erect at anthesis. Calyx constricted at base and just proximal to
lobes, 2-2.5 mm; lobes deltate, ca. 1 mm, minutely ciliolate.
Corolla white, 3.5-4.5 mm, lobed ca. 3/4 way to base. Filaments
short; anthers 1-1.5 mm. Ovary glabrous. Style 3-4 mm. Fruiting
pedicel erect, 0.8-1.4 cm. Berry orange, globose, slightly 2-lobed,
7-12 mm in diam. Seeds yellow or tan, reniform-discoid, ca. 3 × 2
mm, margins thickened. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jun-Sep. Cultivated in
Taiwan [native of Mexico and Central America].