Solanum cleistogamum Symon

Sprawling annual or herbaceous perennial, with stems to 60 cm long, grey-green, occasionally rusty-green, densely pubescent with stellate hairs; prickles to 10 mm long, usually common on stems, petioles and calyx-tube, less common or absent elsewhere. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate; lamina 3–10 cm long, 1–4 cm wide, slightly discolorous, entire to weakly lobed; petiole mostly 12–25 mm long. Inflorescence 1–4–flowered; peduncle 5–40 mm long; rachis 1–4 cm long; pedicels 5–10 mm long, lengthening in fruit. Calyx 4–6 mm long, sometimes longer; lobes almost linear, 2–3 mm long. Corolla rotate, 10–15 mm diam., pale lavender, often remaining closed. Anthers 2.5–3 mm long. Berry globular, 10–13 mm diam., pale |yellow-green or slightly purple; fruiting pedicels usually 15–30 mm long. Seeds 2.5–3 mm long, light brown.

It grows on sandy or loamy soils. It grows in temperate and subtropical places. It can grow in arid places.

The fruit are cooked and eaten. They can be dried or frozen.