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Solanum lanuginosum is a little-known nightshade-family species from Ecuador, probably belonging to the genus Lycianthes, and its exact identity is unresolved. It is very rarely cultivated, so care advice below is general for woolly Solanum-type shrubs.
Solanum lanuginosum is a flowering plant species in the nightshade family (Solanaceae). It probably belongs to those species formerly in Solanum but nowadays placed in Lycianthes, though its exact identity and name remain undetermined.
It is endemic to Ecuador, but may be almost extinct due to habitat loss.
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