| Synonyms: |
Solanum mazatenangense J.M.Coult. & Donn.Sm. Solanum tlacotalpense Sessé & Moc. Solanum unguis-cati Standl. |
| Common names: | Costa Rican nightshade (English) Giant potato creeper (English) Paradise flower (English) Potato vine (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Cultivated and occasionally naturalized |
| Description: |
Climber or climbing shrub to 7 m, with scattered hooked short prickles. Leaves pinnately 3-5-lobed. Cymes terminal, many-flowered. Corolla pale blue to mauve, 3-5 cm in diameter, pentagonal-rotate. |
| Type location: |
Cultivated at Kew from a specimen ex Costa Rica. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | wendlandii: for Johann Christoph Wendland, 1755-1828, German gardener and botanist. |
| Habitat: | Along montane forest margins along road sides. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 400 - 1800 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Central and South America. |
| Botanical divisions: | VI,XI |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Gonçalves, A.E. (2005). Solanaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(4) Page 71. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 235. Ntore, S. & Sosef, M.S.M. (2020). Solanaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Pages 57 - 58. |