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Synonym

Cestrum violaceum misapplied

Synonyms
Iochroma violaceum hort.
Cestrum purpureum misapplied
see moreCestrum violaceum misapplied
Botanical details
Family
Solanaceae
Native to the UK
No
Potentially harmful
Genus

Iochroma

Genus description

Iochroma are evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees, with simple, pointed, oval leaves. The nodding or hanging tubular or trumpet-shaped flowers may be purple, blue, red, white or yellow and are followed by pulpy berries enclosed in a large calyx

Name status

Accepted

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