Appearance
It can grow up to 4 metres tall. The leaves are, 8–30 cm long, lobed or entire, with any lobes being 1–10 cm long. Its hermaphroditic flowers are white, mauve to blue-violet, 25–40 mm wide, and are followed by berries 10–15 mm wide that are poisonous while green, but edible once orange.
Uses
The leaves and unripe fruit of "S. aviculare" contain the toxic alkaloid solasodine. "S.aviculare" is cultivated in Russia and Hungary for the solasidine which is extracted and used as a base material for the production of steroid contraceptives.The plant is also used as a rootstock for grafting eggplant.
The orange berries are an edible form of bush tomato either fresh or dried.
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