Brazilian nightshade
Solanum seaforthianum, Fam. Solanaceae
A slender perennial climber with thin green mostly glabrous stems and clear sap.
| Weed Category: |
Other invasive plants Invasive plants that are not prohibited or restricted invasive plants, but are known to spread readily and cause negative impacts, within the region.
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| Weed: | Yes |
| Form or habit: | Vine (Climbing, Twining or groundcover) |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Leaf: | Compound Alternate Compund, alternate, ovate in outline, 40-160 x 40-110mm, deeply lobed with some lobes separated as leaflets; apex of lobes pointed. |
| Flower conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Flower colour: |
Yellow, Purple, Violet |
| Flower description: | Star-shaped lavender to violet with yellow centres, 20-30mm in diameter; borne in few-50 flowered terminal sprays. |
| Fruit conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Fruit colour: |
Red |
| Fruit: | Fleshy |
| Fruit description: | Shiny-red fleshy, globular berries, 8-12mm in diameter with numerous red-brown seeds about 3mm long. |
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| Toxicity: | Toxic if ingested, irritant sap |
| Origin: | Brazil |
| Notes: | Spread by: virds and water. Invades/threats: rainforest and vine thickets; smothers gullies and rainforest margins. Notes: introduced as an garden ornamental; now widely naturalised throughout this region. All parts of plant are poisonous to humans. Environmental weed. |
| Information sources: | Mackay Regional Pest Management Group (2018) Weeds of the Mackay Whitsunday Region Second Edition. |
