Trees & shrubs
All 24 trees & shrubsSolanum linnaeanum
Poisonous to humans and livestock if ingested.
Solarnum linnaeanum is a dark green, erect bushy shrub to 1.5m high. Flowers: Most of the year, purple to white. Fruits: Rounded berries 2-3cm wide, mottled green, ripening to yellow then drying to brown, contain flat light brown to orange seed, 2-3cm long. Stems: Green and purplish-brown stems, prickles present.
Note: Fruit are poisonous to stock and humans, especially when green.
Plants can be dug out.
From SGLN’s 2017 weed guide.
Apple of Sodom can be cut and painted either with Round Up of Vigilant Gel during flowering to fruiting spring to summer. Spray with Tordon 75D. Always check the herbicide label before use.
These notes are from 2017, and some information, particularly herbicide information, may be out of date. Please ask local suppliers and do your own research in selecting herbicides if choosing chemical control.
Family, origin, type, plant instead, control methods and the note above are from SGLN’s pocket guide Common weeds of South Gippsland (2026).
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