Common name: Brazilian Nightshade, St. Vincent Lilac
Family: Solanaceae
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Country of Origin: South America
Description: This is a showy, evergreen, slender-stemmed vine growing to 20 ft (6 m) and bearing large nodding clusters of violet-blue flowers with yellow stamens in summer. These are followed by small scarlet berries.
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 10-12
Source: Smith College
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Solanales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Solanaceae
- SubFamily: Solanoideae
- Tribe: Solaneae
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References:
Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
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