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Accession Data:

Solandra longiflora Tussac.

  • Common Name: Chalice Vine
  • Family: Solanaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Cuba, Hispaniola

  • Description: Very similar to S. grandiflora but differing from it in the calyx being only half as long as the corolla. Following text is for S. grandiflora

    Coarse, glabrous, woody vine, to 30 feet or more; leaves elliptic to ovate), and broadly tapering to each end; wider than oblanceolate.">obovate, to 7 inches long, acute, petioles less than one inch long; calyx tubular, to 3 inches long, 2-lobed, as long as the narrow portion of the corolla tube, corolla white, turning yellow to brownish-yellow on the second day, 4-6 inches long, expanded above the calyx and slightly contracted at the mouth.

    S. grandiflora is found in Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the lesser Antilles. S. longiflora is found in Cuba and Hispaniola.

  • USDA Zone: 9a-10b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500483
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1315 - NEOA: East Bench SS
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-20-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Solanales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Solanaceae
  • SubFamily: Solanoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • Bat Pollinated (chiropterophily)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti

References (external):

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 02, 2016.

data regenerated on Wed, 14 May 2025 10:30:04 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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