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Origin
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habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

habit in fruit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

entire leaves (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

close-up of leaves and leaf undersides (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

deeply-lobed leaves and flowers with notched petals (Photo: Greg Jordan)

close-up of immature fruit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

close-up of pale orange-yellow mature fruit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

the similar Solanum vescum, with longer and narrower leaves (Photo: Greg Jordan)

Solanum laciniatum

Scientific Name

Solanum laciniatum Aiton

Synonyms

Solanum aviculare Aiton var. laciniatum (Aiton) Domin
Solanum laciniatum Aiton forma australiense Geras.
Solanum laciniatum Aiton forma cultum Geras.
Solanum laciniatum Aiton forma laciniatum
Solanum laciniatum Aiton forma novazealandicum Geras.
Solanum laciniatum Aiton forma tasmanicum Geras.
Solanum laciniatum Aiton forma viridicaule Geras.
Solanum laciniatum Aiton var. fruticosum Salisb.
Solanum laciniatum Aiton var. herbaceum Sweet
Solanum pinnatifidum Lam.
Solanum pinnatifolium Salisb.
Solanum reclinatum L'Her. ex Pers.

Family

Solanaceae

Common Names

cut-leaf kangaroo apple, cut-leaf kangaroo-apple, kangaroo apple, kangaroo-apple, large kangaroo apple, large kangaroo-apple, large-flowered kangaroo apple, poroporo

Origin

Native to south-eastern Australia (i.e. some parts of eastern New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania and some parts of south-eastern South Australia) and New Zealand.

Naturalised Distribution

Naturalised in the coastal districts of south-western and western Western Australia and occasionally naturalised beyond its native range in some parts of south-eastern South Australia (including on Kangaroo Island).

Notes

Large kangaroo apple (Solanum laciniatum) is regarded as an environmental weed in Western Australia.