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I’ve tried unsuccessfully growing poroporo or Kangaroo Apple (Solanum aviculare) at home. I was surprised to see what looked like unripe fruit being sold as I had understood they had to be completely ripe (the unripe berries contain a toxic alkaloid solasodine) . From wikipedia: “S.aviculare is cultivated in Russia and Hungary for the solasidine which is extracted and used as a base material for the production of steroid contraceptives.”

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