Shrub or herb to 1m or so tall, with or without spines. Leaves to about 14 cm long, 4 cm wide, simple or with 2-4 leaflets, ovate to lanceolate, stalk 4-6 cm long. Flower clusters more or less terminal, with up to 12 flowers. Flowers pale purple or white with purple markings, wheel-shaped, to 4 cm wide. Fruit pendulous, to 10 cm long, ovoid to ellipsoid, white or pale green, mottled with purple, with a yellowish edible pulp.

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Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Solanaceae. In: Spencer, R.. 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.