Perennial climber without prickles. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, 3-5 cm long, up to 2.5 cm wide, mostly simple but occasionally with 1-2 small lobes at the base, hairy domatia on the lower surface; stalks 1-2 cm long and often twining. Flower clusters branched and with about 20 flowers; summer to autumn. Calyx 2-3 mm long. Corolla about 2 cm wide, white or pale blue. Fruit 7-9 mm wide, deep blue to glossy black.
S America
Naturalised in coastal areas north of Bega in NSW.
Source: (2002). Solanaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Solanum jasminoides 'Album Variegatum'
Flowers pure white, leaves variegated.
A rapid grower with pure white flowers; the most commonly available plant (the type has pale blue flowers).