Solanum laciniatum or Kangaroo Apple, a common name shared with the closely related S. aviculare, occurs in temperate regions of New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand and associated islands on a range of soil types. It forms a large shrub 4 m high by 5 m wide.

Solanum laciniatum produces two types of foliage: large lance-shaped or irregularly lobed juvenile leaves 300 mm long by 250 mm wide and smaller generally entire lance-shaped adult leaves 150 mm long by about 30-50 mm wide. Both types of leaf are a rich dark green on the upper surface, and a lighter green underneath, with conspicuous veins. They are held on dark green succulent stems, which turn black, then a rough light-brown, with age.

The 5-petalled flowers are 30-50 mm across, bluish-purple, with bright yellow anthers. The flowers appear spasmodically in spring and summer in clusters of 3-5 in the leaf axils. The egg-shaped berries, 20-30 mm long, are a bright orange-yellow with a warty appearance when ripe.

As a fast-growing species, hardy in most soil types and conditions, except salt spray, S. laciniatum is ideally suited as a screen plant, in the understorey of a wind break, or for bank and erosion stabilisation. It has also been used in soils with a high concentration of heavy metals when reclaiming mine wastes. Solanum species are earlier colonisers of cleared or disturbed areas, such as roadways.

In cultivation they are relatively short-lived shrubs, with a life expectancy of 5-6 years in good conditions. Older plants tend to split at the base, which allows wood rot fungi to take hold. Such splitting could be prevented to a large degree by corrective pruning from an early age. Propagation may be from seeds, which require no pre-treatment

Packaging: All our seeds are sent in small zip lock bags to make postage more economical. They have a sticker label with basic germination instructions and are posted in a padded bubble mailer to protect seeds.  Any pelleted seeds are sent in a protective round 1.5ml tube.  I do have larger seed packets that i use for the markets that i can send your seeds in with bigger labels, instructions and plant picture.  These are great as gifts or if you require more detail and are an additional $0.50 per packet. 

Please note for international Purchasers -  
It is the buyers responsibility to know whether these seeds are allowed into your country as no refunds or re-sends will be given on seeds that do not arrive.  By agreeing to purchase these seeds you accept the risk involved in the chance they may be taken by your countries bio-security.  My current rate of international non arrivals is about 2% so pretty good considering but i like customers to be fully informed as i cannot know the regulations of every country. Thank you for your understanding.  If you would like these seed send via track and tracked parcel this can be arranged but the costs are considerably higher.





Packaging: All our seeds are sent in small zip lock bags to make postage more economical. They have a sticker label with basic germination instructions and are posted in a padded bubble mailer to protect seeds.  Any pelleted seeds are sent in a protective round 1.5ml tube.  I do have larger seed packets that i use for the markets that i can send your seeds in with bigger labels, instructions and plant picture.  These are great as gifts or if you require more detail and are an additional $0.50 per packet. 

Please note for international Purchasers -  
It is the buyers responsibility to know whether these seeds are allowed into your country as no refunds or re-sends will be given on seeds that do not arrive.  By agreeing to purchase these seeds you accept the risk involved in the chance they may be taken by your countries bio-security if not permitted as i cannot know the regulations of every country. Thank you for your understanding.  I Currently offer a rate for a tracked parcel.  (unfortunatly this is expensive from Australia but can be benificial by ordering a larger quantity of seeds)  Please understand that by offering tracked parcel and by the buyer reading this disclaimer, any requests for refund or resend will be denied by ebay. So it is very important you contact your local authorities to make sure these seeds are allowed or if you need an import permit.