Solanum pseudocapsicum

Jerusalem Cherry, Madeira Cherry at Hawker, ACT

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Identification history

Solanum pseudocapsicum	29 Mar 2020	MichaelMulvaney
Solanum pseudocapsicum	25 Mar 2020	Mike
Solanum sp.	25 Mar 2020	trevorpreston

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3 comments

JackieMiles wrote:

29 Mar 2020

I'm pretty sure this is not S. pseudocapsicum, which has bright orange-red fruits and hairless thin textured leaves. I'm wondering if it could be some form of edible white-fruited eggplant, which is seems comes with a bewildering array of fruit size and shape (http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/DCavagnaro_Gallery.html). The way the fruits are held upright, not dangling, seems unusual. I tried a bit of a web search, but didn't come up with anything close. Nor could I find anything in books about a white-fruited Solanum, and it does look from these photos like white is the mature fruit colour.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

29 Mar 2020

I gather winter cherry has a long history of cultivation and many cultivars have been developed so it may be a cultivar. NOTE BERRIES ARE POISONOUS

trevorpreston wrote:

29 Mar 2020

It is in a fenced off area with an old cemetary and there used to be an old methodist church here, so its possible this is a remnant of a cultivated plant.

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