Scientific Name: Solanum vescum

Common Name: gunyang

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Solanaceae

Form Description: Resembles Solanum laciniatum (kangaroo apple), but has narrower leaves, often with margins rolled under.

Flowers: Flowers bluish-purple and up to 5cm in diameter.

Fruit: Berry – large, soft, egg-shaped, fleshy, green or ivory white when ripe. Contains many reddish-brown seeds.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastDevonportDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHobartHuon ValleyKentishKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeMeander ValleySouthern MidlandsWest Coast
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

In the south-west at Port Davey and in Kent and King Islands in Bass Strait.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Remove flesh before storing seed. Store at 3°C. Old fruits wither on the plant. Seed released within 3-14 days of seed maturity.

Seed Treatment Notes

Sow seed fresh, or seed that has been stored at 3°C.