‘POROPORO’ PAM PLUM KANGAROO APPLE Solanum aviculare Seeds

Solanum aviculare, commonly called poroporo New Zealand , kangaroo apple, pam plum Australia

Solanum aviculare is similar to Solanum laciniatum, compared to S laciniatum, S aviculare has smaller, flowers usually pale blue, sometimes dark purple, white or striped blue white amp; smaller seeds, S laciniatum has much larger, rotate, darker purple flowers

An upright shrub that can grow up to 4 m 13 ft tall , grows in rainforests, wet forests and rainforest margins on clay soils

Bush Tucker: Berries that are poisomous while green, but edible once orange The orange berries are an edible form of bush tomato either fresh or dried It can be used as a sweet fruit or as a vegetable

Best harvested once it has fallen from the plant, the fruit is up to 2cm, sickly sweet and often bitter

Germinates in 2 3 weeks at 20 c