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.

Distribution

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Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 25, 2004

Location

Kenya, Kiambu, Limuru (Brackenhurst Botanic Garden)

Location Remarks

Town of Limuru, about 30 miles northwest of Nairobi.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Solanaceae

Genus

Solanum

Specific Epithet

aculeastrum

Authorship

Dunal

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#305,314 of 335,497

Top 92%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →