Saracha quitensis

Saracha quitensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to Ecuador, Colombia, and northwestern Venezuela.^[2]

Saracha quitensis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Saracha
Species:	S. quitensis
Binomial name
Saracha quitensis (Hook.) Miers (1853)
Synonyms[2]
Acnistus quitensis (Hook.) Hunz. (1960) Grabowskia sodiroi Bitter (1914) Lycium quitense Hook. (1845) Poecilochroma quitensis (Hook.) Miers (1848) Poecilochroma sodiroi Dammer (1905)

Description

A spiny shrub up to 3.5m in height; leaves dark green above; calyx teeth pubescent; corolla pale yellow, campanulate; filaments pale yellow, anthers greenish-purple; style pale, stigma green; fruit a turbinate berry.^[3]