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'''''Solanum aviculare''''', commonly called '''Poroporo''' (New Zealand) or '''Kangaroo Apple''' (Australia), is a soft-wooded shrub native to [[New Zealand]] and the east coast of [[Australia]]. It can grow up to 12 feet tall (4 meters). The leaves are, 8–30 cm long, lobed or entire, with any lobes being 1–10 cm long. Its [[hermaphroditic]] (having both male and female organs) [[flowers]] are white, mauve to blue-violet, 25–40 mm wide, and are followed by [[poisonous]] berries 10–15 mm wide, orange-red to scarlet. {{Inc| Solanum aviculare, Forst. (S. laciniatum, Ait.). A leafy unarmed soft-wooded glabrous shrub 4-8 ft. high, with spreading branches, smooth or marked with raised lines decurrent from the petioles: lvs. variable in size and shape, 4-12 in. long or sometimes even longer, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, entire or irregularly pinnatifid and the lobes linear or lanceolate and acute: fls. in cymose clusters in the axils of the upper lvs. or lateral; calyx-lobes broad and obtuse, with an abrupt point; corolla violet, 3/4-l in. diam., the lobes short and broad: fr. a broad ovoid edible berry 3/4-l in. long, yellowish. New Zeal.; also common in many parts of Austral., Tasmania, and in Norfolk Isl. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== There is some uncertainty whether ''S. aviculare'' and ''[[Solanum laciniatum|S. laciniatum]]'' are one or two species. ''S. aviculare'' has lighter flowers and is found in the northern part of the [[North Island]] of New Zealand, while ''S. laciniatum'' has darker purple flowers and is found south of [[Auckland]]. In addition to this and the [[junior synonym]]s cited above, two [[variety (botany)|varieties]] of ''S. aviculare'' have been named, but they are not considered [[taxonomical]]ly distinct anymore:<ref name = ss2006 /> * ''Solanum aviculare'' var. ''albiflorum'' <small>Cheeseman</small> * ''Solanum aviculare'' var. ''latifolium'' <small>G.T.S.Baylis</small> ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/>    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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