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Old 21-07-2006, 08:40 PM posted to aus.gardens
gardenlen
 
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Default Mystery plant

g'day james,

looks like a - wild tobacco aka Tobacco bush - 'Solanum mauritianum'

a good butterfly bush lots of gardeners class them as weeds i've never
seen them that prdominant, related to the tomato/egg plant/capsicum
family some avid gardeners toying with grafting tomato bud stock to
the t/b root stock, if it works it will be a very strong drought
tollerant tomato to say the least.

i doesn't bare edible fruits of any sort and i would suggest don't use
the leaves as tobacco as the plant is toxic.

On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:21:37 +1000, James McNangle
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