Solanum tettense Klotzsch
var. renschii (Vatke) A.E. Gonç.

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Synonyms:	Solanum chondropetalum Dammer Solanum kibweziense Dammer Solanum koniortodes Dammer Solanum kwebense N.E. Br. ex C.H. Wright Solanum luederitziii Schinz Solanum renschii Vatke Solanum tenuiramosum Dammer Solanum upingtoniae Schinz
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Status:	Native
Description:	Semi-woody shrub, often scrambling, up to 4 m tall, stellate-hairy, often armed with short, yellowish, more or less curved prickles. Leaves simple, often closely set near the ends of branches, lanceolate to ovate-elliptic, up to 14 cm long, densely hairy below, rarely with a few prickles on the midrib; margin entire or sinuate. Flowers in lateral inflorescences, towards the ends of branches, bluish to pale to violet. Fruit globose, 5-10 mm, shining brown-yellow to deep red when ripe.
Notes:	This variety is very difficult to distinguish from var. tettense in the field. It can only be distinguished by the shorter and differently structured stellate hairs. Both taxa are found in similar habitats.
Derivation of specific name:	tettensis: of Tete in Mozambique renschii: after Karl Rensch (1837-1905), German or Austrian botanist to whom J. M. Hillebrandt sent his specimens for distribution to other botanists while he was traveling in Africa.
Habitat:	In deciduous woodland, often on termite mounds or rocky places.
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC, southern Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
Botswana distribution:	N,SW,SE
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 869. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 273. As Solanum renschii Gonçalves, A.E. (2005). Solanaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(4) Pages 92 - 94. (Includes a picture). Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 60. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 80. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 106. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 226. also as Solanum kwebense Welman, W.G. (2008). The genus Solanum (Solanaceae) in southern Africa: subgenus Leptostemonum, section Giganteiformia Bothalia 38(1) Pages 43 - 45.

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