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|genus=Solanum  

|genus=Solanum

|species=aviculare  

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|common_name=Kangaroo apple, Poro poro

|common_name=Kangaroo apple, Poro poro

|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

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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]].

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It can grow up to 12 feet tall (4 meters). The leaves are, 8–30&nbsp;cm long, lobed or entire, with any lobes being 1–10&nbsp;cm long.

 

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Its [[hermaphroditic]] (having both male and female organs) [[flowers]] are white, mauve to blue-violet, 25–40&nbsp;mm wide, and are followed by [[poisonous]] berries 10–15&nbsp;mm wide, orange-red to scarlet.<!-- <ref> ''Solanum aviculare'' profile, New South Wales Online.[http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Solanum~aviculare]</ref> [link dead as of 2008-Sep-27] -->

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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.

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.

==Cultivation==

==Cultivation==

 

===Propagation===

===Propagation===

 

===Pests and diseases===

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==Species==

 

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==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. ''latifolium'' <small>G.T.S.Baylis</small>

==Gallery==

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==References==

==References==

<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->

<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->

<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->

<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->

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