Twoleaf Nightshade, Amatillo

Found this in my landscape and just was able to identify it. I wanted to see if it may be a semi-tropical but it is just a weed on the Fe...Read Morederal and Florida noxious weed list. Will be pulling out of ground soon.

I was interested when this plant started growing in my Houston, TX garden last Fall and produced beautiful yellow berries. Birds and squ...Read Moreirrels ate them. Now I find I have over 50 volunteer saplings scattered around my yard. I am pulling the original plant up today before the berries have time to mature.

We have this plant growing in sporadic spots around in the area here in FL but it's not terribly invasive from my experience, it is NOTHI...Read MoreNG compared to air potato and Brazilian pepper. Birds don't bother it here but I would still advise not to grow it outside in FL, perhaps a houseplant/screened porch plant. I am probably one of the only people in the world that has eaten the fruit of this plant without feeling any ill effects, (my psoriasis doesn't flare up like it does with other "toxins" such as alcohol and caffeine) I discovered the fruit through an older friend who eats it all the time and she has NO health problems. It is sweet and tastes like papaya. HOWEVER, I would never suggest anyone to try it. If the edibility is tested, I would say that this friend of mine and I are the pioneers of this fruit. I have not found any information about the edibility of the fruit.

Twin leaf Solanum has been added to the 2013 FLEPPC list as a category 2 invasive plant. (This list is advisory in nature, not regulator...Read Morey.) See: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ag318 for additional information.

Upon positive ID, it is recommended that this plant be removed by pulling from Florida-Friendly landscapes.