Scientific Name:
Solanum pseudocapsicum
Pronunciation:
suh-LAY-num soo-doe-KAP-sih-kum
Common Name:
Jerusalem cherry, Christmas cherry
Family Name:
Solanaceae
Plant Type:
Flowering pot plant, Greenhouse produce plant, Shrub - deciduous
Key ID Features:
Usually grown as a winter fruiting decorative indoor plant; leaves glossy, dark green, elliptic with wavy margins, 5-8cm long; fruit mildly poisonous if mistaken for cherry tomatoes.
Habit:
Upright
Form:
Oval - vertical
Texture:
Medium
Mature Height:
0.4 - 0.7m
Mature Spread:
0.3 - 0.6m
Origin:
South America
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Exposure:
Soil/Growing Medium:
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Indoor plant (Caution: poisonous parts)
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Surfaces:
Colour in Summer:
Dark-green
Shapes:
Elliptic
Apices:
Acuminate, Acute
Margins:
Sinuate, Undulate (wavy)
Inflorescence Type:
Cyme
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
5
Corolla Shape:
Rotate/stellate
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Showy, White
Flower Time at Peak:
Jul, Aug
Fruit Type:
Berry (true)
Fruit Colour:
Orange, Yellow, Red
Fruiting Time:
Additional Info:
Showy, spherical, 2cm; poisonous
Bark or Stem Colour:
Propagation:
Seed
Optimal Temp.:
Medium
Light Level:
High
Maintenance:
Medium
Pest Susceptibility:
Aphids or adelgids, Blight or needle cast, Crown rot, Mildew, Mites, Mold, Thrips, Virus
