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Solanaceae

Marmalade bush

Streptosolen jamesonii (Benth.) Miers

Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Streptosolen

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Marmalade bush: Photo of Streptosolen (marmalade bush) at the San Francisco Botanical Garden
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (11)
Arabic
برواليا جيمسونية
arz
برواليا جيمسونيه
Chinese
扭管花
Dutch
Marmeladestruik, Marmalade bush, Marmaladestruik
English
Marmalade bush, Arbusto de la mermelada
Finnish
Marmeladipensas, Ruustinnankukka
Japanese
マーマレードの木
Persian
استرپتوسولن
Portuguese
Streptosolen
Spanish
Streptosolen
Swedish
Gulltratt, Gulltrattssläktet

Synonyms

  • Browallia jamesonii Benth.
  • Streptosolen benthamii Miers

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Hawaii: introduced

Photos

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.