Kangaroo Apple
- Product number: 121785
- Origin: Australia
- Latin: Solanum aviculare
Due to its healthy growth, this Australian wild plant is often used as a rootstock or for grafting Eggplants. Be sure to let some plants grow into magnificent ornamental plants that can last for years in containers. With regular pruning, plants of 1-2 m will develop annually, featuring beautifully incised (palmate) leaves and countless violet-blue flowers with an orange-yellow heart. Eventually, graceful clusters of 2 cm fruits will grow from these, which can be eaten both raw and fried, but be careful: they are poisonous when unripe! Wait to harvest until they are (orange-)red, soft, and practically fall off the plant. The taste is remarkably sweet, sometimes with a hint of bitterness. The same plant can exhibit taste variations from year to year.
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Latin: Solanum aviculare
Dutch: Kangoeroe-Appel
English: Kangaroo Apple
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- Flower colour: Violet-blue with an orange-yellow heart
- Origin: Australia
- Average growth height: More than 120 cm
- Annual or perennial: Perennial
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Solanum aviculare
- Dutch: Kangaroo Apple
- Also known as: Not applicable / Unknown
- English: Kangaroo Apple
