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:''This article is about the ''Solanum ellipticum'' described by [[Ferdinand von Mueller|F. von Mueller]]. The plant named thus by [[José Mariano de Conceição Vellozo|J.M. de Conceição Vellozo]] is actually ''[[Solanum cylindricum|S. cylindricum]]. '''''Solanum ellipticum''''' is known as '''Potato Bush''' and under the more ambiguous name of '''"[[bush tomato]]"'''. The [[Arrernte]] name of '''''merne awele-awele''''' might refer to this species, and/or to the similar ''[[Solanum quadriloculatum|S. quadriloculatum]]''. Native to [[Australia]], the Potato Bush is a small fruiting shrub in the [[Solanaceae]] family. It a small fast-growing waxy-looking [[shrub]] that grows next to creeks. It fruits prolifically the year after fire or good rains. Its fruit have a pungent smell, and the plant can be smelled from some distance away when the fruit are ripe. Like the other "bush tomatoes", ''S. ellipticum'' fruit are edible raw or cooked. ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== ''S. ellipticum'' used to (and in some treatments still does) include ''S. quadriloculatum'' as [[variety (botany)|variety]] ''duribaccalis'', but generally these two species of "bush tomatoes" are considered distinct nowadays. Similarly, the former variety ''horridum'' is now ''[[Solanum senticosum|S. senticosum]]'', the ''[[Solanum echinatum|S. echinatum]]'' of [[Robert Brown (botanist)|Robert Brown]] was sometimes treated as var. ''pannifolium'', and ''[[Solanum esuriale|S. esuriale]]'' was included in ''S. ellipticum'' as [[form (botany)|form]] ''inermis''.<ref name = ss2008>Solanaceae Source [2008]</ref> A few now-invalid names for ''S. ellipticum'' also exist; mostly they refer to potatobush plants believed to be distinct forms or varieties but today not considered to be [[taxonomical]]ly distinct:<ref name = ss2008 /> * ''Solanum ellipticum'' f. ''albiflora'' Domin (''[[lapsus]]'') * ''Solanum ellipticum'' f. ''albiflorum'' Domin * ''Solanum ellipticum'' var. ''chillagoense'' Domin * ''Solanum ellipticum'' var. ''mollibaccalis'' J.M.Black * ''Solanum lithophilum'' F.Muell. * ''Solanum cleistogamum'' ==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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