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Accession Data:

Solandra maxima (Sesse & Moc.) P. S. Green

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

  • Country of Origin: Mexico

  • Description: [syn. S. Hartwegii N. E. Br.; S. nitida Zuccagni]

    Climbing shrub, similar to S. guttata, but entirely glabrous; leaves elliptic, to 6.5 inches long, obtuse to shortly acuminate, petioles to 3 inches long; calyx to 2.75 inches long, 3-4-lobed, corolla yellow, with 5 purple lines, chalice-like, to 9 inches long.

  • USDA Zone: 8b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500442
  • 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:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
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2016
2015
2014
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2005

References (internal):

  • Bat Pollinated (chiropterophily)
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany

References (external):

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, September 21, 2017.

data regenerated on Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:00:02 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Solandra maxima

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Subfamily Solanoideae
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Subfamily Solanoideae
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Subfamily Solanoideae
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  • Solanum ensifolium W/C
  • Solanum seaforthianum
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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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