Solanum chippendalei Symon

Erect or spreading subshrub to 1 m, usually grey-green, densely pubescent with stellate hairs; prickles to 10 mm long, common on stems, and on pedicel and calyx of bisexual flower, scattered to absent elsewhere. Leaves ovate; lamina 4–7 cm long, 2–4 cm wide, concolorous, shallowly lobed to entire; petiole 10–15 mm long. Inflorescence of one bisexual flower below cyme of many male flowers, peduncle to 5 mm long; rachis to 10 cm long. Bisexual flower: pedicels mostly 10–15 mm long, lengthened in fruit; calyx usually 15–24 mm long, the lobes linear, 10–15 mm long, lengthened in fruit; corolla broadly stellate to rotate-pentagonal, 30–35 mm diam., purplish; anthers 5–6 mm long. Male flowers: pedicels to 10 mm long; calyx 10–15 mm long, the lobes narrowly triangular, 5–10 mm long; corolla stellate, 20–25 mm diam., purple; anthers 4.5–6 mm long. Berry ovoid or globular, 20–30 mm diam., pale yellow; fruiting pedicels 25–45 mm long; fruiting calyx-lobes 20–25 mm long. Seeds 3–3.5 mm long, black.

Semi-arid areas in low open eucalypt woodland with Spinifex (Triodia spp.) in the understorey, on a variety of substrates. It has also been recorded from alluvium in association with Eucalyptus camaldulensis.

The seeds are removed then the flesh is cooked and eaten.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.