Solanum chenopodium
F. Muell.
Goosefoot Potato Bush
SolanaceaeFruit
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Wikimedia Commons - cultivar413 from Fallbrook, California
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Wikimedia Commons - Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten.
How to Identify
A warm temperate herb in the nightshade family with edible fruit. Solanum chenopodium belongs to a diverse genus of approximately 1400 species.
Notes
There are about 1400 Solanum species.
References (2)
- Cribb, A.B. & J.W., 1976, Wild Food in Australia, Fontana. p 75
- Lazarides, M. & Hince, B., 1993, Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia, CSIRO. p 221