生活型

herb

形態特徵

• Perennial herbs, 45–90 cm tall; stems erect, sparingly branched, densely pubescent with eglandular hairs.
• Leaves broadly ovate to cordate, 6–15 long, 4–10 cm wide, apex short acuminate, base cordate, entire or with a few indistinct teeth, densely pubescent; petiole 2–5 cm long, villous. Pedicel 1.5 cm long.
• Calyx broadly campanulate, 7–9 mm long; corolla yellow, spotted in throat, 1.2–2 cm long; filaments and anthers blue-purple, anthers 3–4 mm long.
• Berry yellow, 2–3 cm across; fruiting calyx green, ovoid, 2.5–4 cm across, with 5–10 weak angles, copiously pubescent; seeds yellowish, discoid, 1.75–2 mm across.
• This species can be recognized by its overall, even pubescence, its large anthers, berries, and fruiting calyces.

分布

• 台灣 : in disturbed uplands.
• 世界 : Native of South America, naturalized in many countries and sometimes cultivated for its edible berries.

引證標本

CHIAYI: Alishan, Liu et al. 654; Fengshan, Wang 9510. NANTOU: Shenmu Village, Peng 6585.

參考文獻

• William G. D'Arcy and Peng, Ching-I, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 4: 562. 1998.  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)