Solanum betaceum

Small foetid tree to 3 m high, green, pubescent with simple hairs mixed with short glandular hairs; prickles absent. Leaves ovate to broad-ovate, mostly 8–20 cm long and 5–12 cm wide, apex acute to shortly acuminate, base cordate, margins entire, slightly discolorous, glabrous to densely covered with short glandular hairs below; petiole 5–15 cm long; juvenile leaves often larger, to 35 cm long and 30 cm wide. Inflorescences branched, up to 15-flowered; peduncle 0.5–1 cm long. Flowers on pedicels 10–20 mm long; calyx 4–5 mm long, lobes broad triangular, 1–1.5 mm long; corolla deeply stellate, c. 20 mm diam., white to pale pink, darker in bud, scented, lobes narrow triangular or narrow-lanceolate; anthers 4–5 mm long, the connective broad and thick. Berry ovoid, 5–7 cm long, dark red; seeds 3.5–4 mm long, pale reddish-brown. Flowers throughout the year.