Green Kangaroo Apple (Solanum vescum)

Family: Solanaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Solanum vescum is an evergreen Shrub growing to 2 m (6ft 7in). The seeds ripen all year. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

tastes much worse than it looks, it is sickly sweet and often bitter. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; It must be fully ripe, see the notes above on toxicity.; The fruit tastes much worse than it looks, it is sickly sweet and often bitter.; The quality varies from plant to plant and even from year to year from the same plant.

Habitat & North American Range

Open forests near the coast. Stream banks and dunes, also in heaths and jungles. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)