Distribution Map

Solanum tomentosum

intfuma
(Solanum coccineum)
(Solanum tomentosum var. coccineum)

Solanaceae Solanoideae Solaneae 

As at April 2024, 14 herbarium specimens

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Found within protected areas: Mlawula
Medicinal

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Solanum coccineum - Straggling shrublet, stems bent; grey-velvety throughout, with few or many short straight prickles on stem and calyx. Leaf-stalk c 1,5 cm long; blade deeply and irregularly cut into broad blunt lobes with rounded spaces between, up to 5 cm long x 3 cm wide. Flowers very small in few-flowered lateral groups. Fruits two or three in cluster, spherical, scarlet, shiny, c 1 cm diam.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.