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General information | |
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| Bar code | COL000311050 |
| Catalog number | 529517 |
| Collector | Hermann, Michael |
| Collector number | 1641 |
| Collection date | Feb. 5, 1998 |
| Observations | Owned by Carlos Palasivini and situated in shade along the borders of an arracacha plot (50-100 arracacha plants), this plant is called "naranjilla" or "kito-kito". According to CIP's Alberto Salas, a native Quechua speaker, "kito-kito" could be a corruption of "jepu-jepu" (pronounced Spanish), an expression often used for strongly pilose plants. The Yanisha-speaking population in Tsachopén, 7 km from Oxapampa, has no proper name for this species and uses also "naranjilla". This might indicate that the plant is of recent introduction to the area of Oxapampa. Professor Carlos Ochoa, asked about the etymology of kito-kito virote this on 22 February 1998: "Solarium quitoense es tambien conocida en algunas localidades del norte y noreste del Departamento de Cajamarca; algo tambien en el Departamento de Amazonas y cerca de Ayabaca en Piura. Hace muchos años fue muy estimada en Pozuzo (Departamento Huánuco) y sus vecindades y tambien en Oxapampa (Huánuco), su distribución más sureña en el Perú. No conozco la etimología de Kitokito, tal vez no está bien escrita. En quechua existe una palabra K'ita que significa silvestre y K'ita-k'ita asilvestrada." |
| Update date | May 23, 2012 |
Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Magnoliophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Solanales |
| Family | Solanaceae |
| Genus | Solanum |
| Specific epithet | quitoense |
| Author | Lam. |
| Determiner | SIN |
Geographic information | |
| Country | PERÚ |
| Department | PASCO |
| Locality | Oxapampa, Fundo Santa María, in the outskirts of Oxapampa. |
| Minimum height | 1800.0 m |
| Maximum height | 1800.0 m |
| Latitude (Label) | 10° 35' 29" S |
| Longitude (Label) | 75° 23' 22" W |
Attributes | |
| Uses/Organ | The fruits are mostly used by children (=chupan los chicos), they are not commercialized in any way. Fruits taken to Lima developed alter 2-3 days the delicious fragrance for which the species is well known among fruit connoisseurs. |