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*''Solanum mauritianum'' Blanco (1837) non Scop., *''Solanum verbascifolium'' auct. non L.

*An unarmed shrub or small tree up to 4(-10) m tall with a dense indumentum of soft stellate hairs, stem up to 20 cm in diameter; leaves .*Leaves simple, ovate-elliptical, (7-)10-20(-29) cm × 3.5-15 cm, margin entire or slightly wavy, base rounded to cuneate, apex acute to acuminate; inflorescence .*Inflorescence appearing terminal, a compound cyme; calyx .*Calyx campanulate, 5 mm long, lobes ovate, corolla stellate, about 1.5 cm in diameter, white, anthers oblong, about 2 mm long, opening with apical pores, ovary densely pubescent, style 4-6 mm long, glabrous; fruit .*Fruit globose, 8-12 mm in diameter, pubescent, dull yellow when ripe; seeds many, compressed, 1-2 mm in diameter.  ''S. erianthum'' is fairly common, occurring scattered in sunny or slightly shaded places, in brushwood, roadsides, field edges, on waste ground and in forest edges, up to 1500 m altitude.

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*M.M. Blomqvist & Nguyen Tien Ban