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Jaltomata cuyasensis

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Jaltomata cuyasensis
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J. cuyasensis
Binomial name
Jaltomata cuyasensis
S. Leiva & Mione

Jaltomata cuyasensis is a plant species native to Peru. It grows on rocky hillsides at elevations less than 1800 m.[1]


Jaltomata cuyasensis is a shrub up to 150 cm tall. Flowers are pale green with green and lavender markings. Fruits are bright orange at maturity.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
  2. ^ Mione, T., S. Leiva V., & L. Yacher. 2000. Three new species of Jaltomata (Solanaceae) from Peru. Novon 10: 53-59.
  3. ^ McBride, J.F. 1964. Solanaceae. Field Museum of National History, Botanical Series 13, part V-B, no 1.
  4. ^ Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae), Professor Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University