Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Solanum aviculare G.Forst., Pl. Esc. 42 (1786)
Vernacular Name(s):
Bullibul; Bullibulli; Kangaroo apple; Pōpopo; Poroporo; Poroporotanguru
 Description

Glabrous, unarmed, soft-wooded shrub to c. 3 m tall; stems angular, green or purplish. Lvs petiolate, 7–35 cm long, entire or pinnatisect (with 1–4 pairs of lobes extending to c. 10 mm from midrib) on the same plant. Lamina of entire lvs 2–7–(10) cm wide (lobes of pinnatisect lvs usually 0.5–3 cm wide, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, sometimes elliptic-lanceolate); base decurrent on petiole; apex subacute to acuminate. Cymes 2–12-flowered; peduncles to 12 cm long and slender at anthesis; pedicels pendent at fruiting. Calyx 4–7 mm long, accrescent; lobes broadly triangular, small, mucronate. Corolla 2.5–3.5 cm diam., usually mauve, paler towards margins, occasionally white, almost glabrous; lobes very broadly ovate, acute, slightly < to slightly > tube. Anthers 3–4 mm long. Berry 1.5–2.5 cm long, broadly ovoid or ellipsoid, orange, pendent; stone cells generally not conspicuous, < seeds. Seed < 2 mm diam., ± obovoid and somewhat asymmetric.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Solanum aviculare G.Forst.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Total1
 Phenology

Flowering: Jan.–Dec.

 Bibliography
Connor, H.E. 1977: The Poisonous Plants in New Zealand. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington.
Connor, H.E.; Fountain, J. 2009: Plants that Poison: A New Zealand Guide. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Forster, J.G.A. 1786: De Plantis Esculentis Insularum Oceani Australis commentatio botanica. Haude & Spener, Berlin.
Stewart, J. 1971: Plants in New Zealand Poisonous to Man. New Zealand Department of Health, Wellington.