About Solanum quadriloculatum F.Muell.
Solanum quadriloculatum F.Muell. is an upright or spreading shrub that grows up to 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) high. Its leaves are thick, grey-green or yellowish-green, densely covered in star-shaped hairs, and are occasionally rough and prickly. The leaves are elliptic to oval-shaped, measuring 5–9 cm (2.0–3.5 in) long and 1.5–5 cm (0.59–1.97 in) wide, with entire or slightly wavy margins, and grow from a 1–4 cm (0.39–1.57 in) long petiole. Purple flowers are borne in groups of 2 to 3, are 2–2.5 cm (0.79–0.98 in) wide, 5-lobed, 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long, mostly star-shaped, and grow from a 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) long peduncle. Flowering occurs from early autumn through to spring, and the fruit is a brownish-yellow berry 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) in diameter. This species, commonly called tomato bush, is distributed across New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory, where it grows along disturbed roadways, on clay and loam soils, in seasonally flooded dry locations.
