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Scientific Name
Solanum vescum
Family Name
SOLANACEAE
Common Name
Gunyang
Status
Height
3m
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
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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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.
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Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
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Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
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