Family Index

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Scientific Name

Solanum vescum

Family Name

SOLANACEAE

Common Name

Gunyang

Status

Height

Flowers

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

Fruit

Berries or drupes

Form

Resembles S. laciniatum (Kangaroo Apple), but has narrower leaves, often with margins rolled under.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Meander Valley; Southern Midlands; West Coast

Communities

Habitat Notes

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

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Remove flesh before storing or sowing seed. Sow seed fresh, or store at 3 degrees C. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Ripe fruit is a large, soft, egg-shaped green or ivory white fleshy berry, and contains many reddish-brown seeds. Old fruits wither on the plant. Seed released within 3-14 days of seed maturity.

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes