Solanum mauritianum

Shrub or small tree to 4 m high, green or grey-green, densely pubescent with stellate hairs; hairs loose and tufted on young growth; prickles absent. Leaves elliptic, 9–30 cm long, 3.5–14 cm wide, slightly discolorous, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margins entire to slightly undulate, upper surface green and sparsely pubescent, lower surface grey-tomentose; petiole 3–9 cm long, often with 1 or 2 small sessile leaflets in axil. Inflorescences branched many-flowered corymbs; primary peduncle 3–15 cm long. Flowers on pedicels 2–3 mm long; calyx 4–6 mm long, lobes triangular, 1.5–3 mm long, enlarging slightly in fruit; corolla stellate, 15–25 mm diam., violet; anthers 2–3 mm long. Berry globose, 10–15 mm diam., dull yellow, pubescent, glabrescent with age; seeds 1.5–2 mm long, light brown or yellowish. Flowers autumn–spring.