A large Solanum bush with fragrant white flowers in the Andes 2600 meters

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    Colombia Active Member 10 Years

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    Does someone know the species?
     

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    Perhaps Solanum jasminum?
     
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    Colombia Active Member 10 Years

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    Thansk Lorax but it is not Solanum jasminum which is a vine and has smaller leaves and a different fragrance.
     
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    Can you describe the fragrance? Southern Colombia and Northern Ecuador are species divesity areas for Solanum, and if I had a few more clues I might be able to narrow it down.
     
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    The smell was fairly strong with your nose close to the flowers stronger than Solanum jasminum. To me it had a citric smell but not necessarily a pleasant smell. This plant was photographed in Bogota.
     
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    Solanum wrightii, then, is a closer match, but I'm still not happy with it - your photos show entire leaves, and S. wrightii is rugose. I wish, I wish my ID books weren't packed....
     
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    Yes,Solanum wrightii is not it either I am familiar with that vine.
     

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