Swaziland's Alien Plants Database

Solanum mauritianum Scop.

SOLANACEAE

bugweed, earleaf nightshade, wild tobacco tree, woolly nightshade, bug berry, bugtree, tobacco bush

gwayana

Highly Invasive, Major problem species

Origin: South America (NE Argentina, SouthBrazil, Paraguay and Uruguay)

Growth Form: Tree/shrub

Plant Description: Plant: Unarmed, branched shrub or small tree 2–4(–10) m high; all parts except older stems covered with whitish-felty hairs. Leaves: Dull green and velvety above, white-felty beneath, up to 250 mm long x 100 mm wide, emit a strong smell when bruised; stipules ovate, 20 mm long. Flowers: Purple, in compact terminal clusters, on densely felty stalks up to 100 mm long, all year. Fruit: Globose berries 10 mm across, green turning yellow, in compact terminal clusters.

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Photo - fruit/leaves