Solanum cleistogamum
Symon
Shy nightshade, Banana-flavoured bush tomato
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Description
A sprawling herb. It can grow from seed each year or keep growing for some years. It grows 10-60 cm high. The flowers are purple. The fruit are yellow.
Edible Uses
The fruit are cooked before eating, with seeds removed, and can be dried or frozen for storage.
Traditional Uses
The seeds are removed. The fruit are cooked and eaten. They can be dried or frozen.
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Distribution
It grows on sandy or loamy soils. It grows in temperate and subtropical places. It can grow in arid places.
Where It Grows
Australia*,
Notes
There are about 1400 Solanum species.
Also Known As
Arlelyek, Tjuntawara, Wiluruwara, Wiriny-wiriny, Yi[untri
References (12)
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- Cherikoff V. & Isaacs, J., The Bush Food Handbook. How to gather, grow, process and cook Australian Wild Foods. Ti Tree Press, Australia p 119, 191
- Green, J., (Ed.), 2003, Anmatyerr Plant Stories. AID Press. p 2
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- Hunter, J.T., 2017, Is there a relationship between contemporary high Aboriginal plant resource locations and mapped vegetation communities? Cunninghamia 17:27-34. The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. ISSN 2200 - 405X
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