RE: Mystery Potato
- To: "m*@ucdavis.edu" <m*@ucdavis.edu>
- Subject: RE: Mystery Potato
- From: T* D* <t*@xtra.co.nz>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 11:25:04 +1200
Dave Poole wrote:
>...the leaves
>seem a little too small for S. laciniatum. Looking at those outside,
>they are 25cms. long, up to 8cms. or more across and deeply lobed.
>Only the first one or two leaves produced immediately after branching
>are entire and linear. Are the fruits poisonous BTW - I was under
>the impression they weren't.
The ripe fruits were used by early New Zealand colonists to make jam, and
are not poisonous.
The leaves do vary on S.laciniatum. My bush has the vast majority of its
leaves entire and linear, with only a small percentage being lobed. The
longest leaves on it are 20 cms long and, apart from those that are lobed,
the larger leaves are 2 to 3 cms across.
Tim Dutton
"Raindrops", Main Road North, Kaitoke, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
(Latitude 41? 5' South, Longitude 175? 10' East)
