Any idea what this spiky plant is? Fruit has thin tough skin, spongey/crisp flesh (like a lillypilly), lots of seeds, no distinctive smell (just vegetative).
No idea of taste, since Iβm not eating random red fruit found on a bush that given the spikes, is clearly designed not to be eaten.
yeah iNaturalist guessed a Nightshade of some sort when I uploaded to there. I am thinking probably not native, and thus should be pulled out and destroyed, but Iβve asked my friend in BioSecurity Qld for an ID/advice too.
βDespite its toxicity, it is sometimes eaten or used in traditional medicine under specific methods of preparation. The fruits can be charred and pounded into oil and used to treat skin complaints. In Peninsular Malaysia, the pounded roots have been applied to the gums to treat toothache and the smoke of dried, pounded and burned seeds has been inhaled to cure an ulcerated nose. The fruits of S. capsicoides are supposedly edible when roasted or cooked in curry.β
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Unknown parent • • •I am thinking probably not native, and thus should be pulled out and destroyed, but Iβve asked my friend in BioSecurity Qld for an ID/advice too.
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in reply to David de Groot π • • •Iβll add it to the list of things to dig up and destroy.
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