Scientific Name: Solanum mauritianum

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  • Common Name:
    Wild Tobacco
  • Type:
    shrub
  • Status:
    WEED This introduced plant has escaped into local bushland. Without natural predators to keep it in check, it is out-competing native species.
  • Flowers:
    Lavender, blue in flat-topped bunches.
  • Species List:
    BSDoonan, Banana, Upper Yandina Creek, Heritage Park
Identification Notes

Densely felted leaves with leaf-like stem outgrowth at the leaf junction.

Associated Fauna

Bird attracting. Brown Cuckoo-Dove and Australian King-Parrot , pictured, particularly relish the fruit.