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Accession Data:

Solanum conocarpum Dunal

  • subg. Solanum sect. Geminata

  • Common Name: marron bacoba [female]
  • Family: Solanaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: St. John, US Virgin Islands
  • Habitat: dry, deciduous forest

  • Description: Solanum conocarpum is a thornless, flowering shrub that may reach more than nine feet in height. It is functionally dioecious, with male & female flowers on different plants. Endemic to St. John, only about 200 individuals known to exist in the wild, mostly on private property.2
  • USDA Zone: 11-12

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201400205
  • Source: GJA 5134 seedlings
  • Accession Date: 10-20-2014
  • Bench: 1309 - NEOA: Ground Bed 1 SW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-08-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Endangered Species
    • BGCI Limited Ex Situ Distribution - Plants do not leave building without Manager approval!

Classification:

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

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
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2018
2017
2016
2015

References (internal):

  • IUCN Redlist Endangered Species
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Leeward Is.

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 20 October 2014.
  2. Center for Biological Diversity website. Accessed 20 October 2014.
  3. Gregory J. Anderson, Mona K. J. Anderson and Nikisha Patel; The ecology, evolution, and biogeography of dioecy in the genus Solanum: With paradigms from the strong dioecy in Solanum polygamum, to the unsuspected and cryptic dioecy in Solanum conocarpum; Am. J. Bot. March 2015 vol. 102 no. 3 471-486. (Local archived copy courtesy GJA). Last accessed on Monday, September 25, 2017.

data regenerated on Sat, 25 Jan 2025 12:06:07 -0500 [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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