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| Original date | 12/16/18 9:13 PM |
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| Focal length | 55.0mm |
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| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
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Botanical name: Solanum laciniatum Family: Solanaceae (Potato family)
Synonyms: Solanum reclinatum
Synonyms: Solanum reclinatum
Kangaroo Apple is a large shrub 4 m high by 5 m wide.
It produces two types of leaves: large lance-shaped or irregularly
lobed juvenile leaves 30 cm long by 25 cm wide and smaller generally
entire lance-shaped adult leaves 15 cm long by about 3-5 cm wide. Both
types of leaf are a rich dark green on the upper surface, and a lighter
green underneath, with prominent veins. They are carried on dark green
fleshy stems, which age to black, then a rough light-brown. The
5-petalled flowers are 3-5 cm across, bluish-purple, with bright yellow
anthers. The flowers appear spasmodically in spring and summer in
clusters of 3-5 in the leaf axils. The egg-shaped berries, 2-3 cm long,
are a bright orange-yellow with a warty appearance when ripe. Kangaroo
Apple is native to Australia.
| Identification credit: Ashutosh Sharma | Photographed in cultivation in Himachal Pradesh. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,