Scientific Name: Solanum pseudocapsicum
Common Name: Jerusalem cherry, Christmas cherry
Family Name: Solanaceae
Origin: South America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Plant Type: Flowering pot plant, Greenhouse produce plant, Shrub - deciduous
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Oval - vertical
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Indoor plant
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Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Elliptic, Sinuate, Undulate (wavy)
Flowers: Cyme, White, Jul-Aug
Fruit: Berry (true), Orange, Yellow, Red
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.