Solanum aculeastrum cf--Kenya. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard., Limuru. 26 Jun 04. 076.jpg
Solanum aculeastrum cf--Kenya. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard., Limuru. 26 Jun 04. 078.jpg
Solanum aculeastrum cf--Kenya. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard., Limuru. 26 Jun 04. 077.jpg
Solanum aculeastrum cf--Kenya. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard., Limuru. 26 Jun 04. 073.jpg
Solanum aculeastrum cf--Kenya. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard., Limuru. 26 Jun 04. 079.jpg
Solanum aculeastrum cf--Kenya. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard., Limuru. 26 Jun 04. 074.jpg
Solanum aculeastrum cf--Kenya. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard., Limuru. 26 Jun 04. 075.jpg
Native to Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Eswatini, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe; introduced into Queensland (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
Kenya, Kiambu, Limuru (Brackenhurst Botanic Garden)
Location Remarks
Town of Limuru, about 30 miles northwest of Nairobi.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum
Specific Epithet
aculeastrum
Authorship
Dunal
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#305,314 of 335,497
Top 92%
Extinction probability
5%
