Solanum coactiliferum J.M.Black

Erect clonal shrub to 30 cm, grey-or silvery-green, densely pubescent with stellate hairs; prickles 2–5 mm long, usually on stems, rare elsewhere. Leaves oblong, often folded; lamina 1–5 cm long, 3–10 mm wide, sometimes larger, concolorous, entire to slightly undulate; petiole 3–5 mm long, sometimes to 15 mm. Inflorescence short, 1–6–flowered; peduncle to 10 mm long; pedicels 10–15 mm long, slightly longer in fruit. Flowers 4–5–partite. Calyx 4–8 mm long; lobes triangular, 1–5 mm long. Corolla rotate-stellate, 20–30 mm diam., violet. Anthers 3.5–7 mm long. Berry depressed-globular, 8–15 mm diam., yellow to yellow-brown, drying brown. Seeds 2–3 mm long, pale brown.

It is a tropical plant. It grows on sandplains. It can grow in arid places.

The small berries may be eaten raw once the bitter seeds have been removed. The fruit can also be baked and eaten once the seeds have been removed.