Solanum (genus)
Nightshades, soda apples, devils apples at Killara, VIC
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| Solanum (genus) | 16 Mar 2025 | Tapirlord | ||
| Solanum (genus) | 16 Mar 2025 | KylieWaldon | ||
| Unverified | 4 Mar 2025 | KylieWaldon |
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I've seen this once before. I don't know what it is or what causes it. It looks like orange red wattle gum but its always in droplets like these. The biggest one is .5cm long. I look around, and there are no wattles or gums above these plants. There are some weeds, some willows, and thats about it. Do caterpillars or something else excrete it? Why is it always in rounds like this? Don't know. Its very amber coloured. Just had a thought. The two only times I've seen it was both on or very near potato family bushes. Is it from them?
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KylieWaldon
wrote:
16 Mar 2025
TY Tapirlord. I'm so glad that mystery is solved! I will change this to nightshade.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.952591-36.135830
- Places Killara, VIC
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 2 Mar 2025 08:22 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
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Species information
- Solanum (genus) Scientific name
- Nightshades, soda apples, devils apples Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1064.11m Recorded at altitude
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Was the plant in flower?
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Record quality
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5 / 7
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