Solanum crinitum


Solanum crinitum, syn. Solanum macranthum, common name giant star potato tree, is a small tropical tree belonging to the family Solanaceae, growing to tall, native to the northeastern half of South America.
Its flowers continue to grow bigger even after they open, doubling in size, and eventually becoming wide. Simultaneously with this, the flowers also change color, opening purple and becoming white. It is very short-lived for a tree-sized plant, being full-grown at age four, and often dead by its fifth year. If pollinated, the flowers produce a round, orange fruit about diameter. The 5- to 7-lobed leaves are about long and about half as wide.