Jerusalem Cherry, Madeira Cherry at Hawker, ACT
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.026667-35.246944
- Altitude 669.0m
- Places Hawker, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 Mar 2020 04:25 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Additional information
- True In flower
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Solanum pseudocapsicum Scientific name
- Jerusalem Cherry, Madeira Cherry Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 876m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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