Solanum aviculare

Solanum aviculare, commonly called poroporo or pōporo (New Zealand), bumurra (Dharug), kangaroo apple, pam plum (Australia), or New Zealand nightshade, is a soft-wooded shrub native to New Zealand and the east coast of Australia.

"Kangaroo apple" and "poroporo" redirects here. The latter name is also used for related species of Solanum, notably S. laciniatum and S. viride.
For the New Zealand locality, see Poroporo, New Zealand.

Solanum aviculare
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species:
S. aviculare
Binomial name
Solanum aviculare
Synonyms
  • Solanum baylisii Geras.
  • Solanum cheesemaniae Geras.
  • Solanum dispar Loisel. ex Dunal (nomen nudum?)
  • Solanum glaberrimum Dunal (non C.V.Morton: preoccupied)

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The Māori names pōroporo and pōporo come from a generic Proto-Polynesian term for any Solanum species and similar berry-bearing plants. Other names used for Solanum aviculare in the language include hōreto and peoi.

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