Solanum lichtensteinii is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

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in the family

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. The

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lists the species as least concern. The species is named after Hinrich Lichtenstein. The species is andromonecious. It can occur in arid areas and overgrazed areas. It can be found in

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Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

, and

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

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lichtensteinii Flora of Botswana Flora of Mozambique Flora of Namibia Flora of Tanzania Flora of Zambia Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Flora of Zimbabwe {{Solanales-stub