Plant id please

[Paul_Corfield]

A guy I know has this growing in his greenhouse and said it just popped up out of nowhere and doesn't know what it is. It's roughly 4 feet tall with a fleshy reddish coloured main stem, not woody at all.

Thanks for any help on the id.

Paul.

[aeshna5]

Looks like Kangaroo Apple, Solanum laciniatum, to me which from the name you can guess is an Aussie, with an attractive nightshade (purple) flower which is grown as an ornamental + has turned up as a naturalised casual in the London area at least. We found 5 small plants at the London Wetland Centre a couple of weeks back growing under conifers, where I presume they have arrived from bird droppings- the mother plants presumably growing somewhere in a nearby garden.

[Paul_Corfield]

Many thanks for the id, that was a great help. Been away for a week so just got your reply.

Cheers,
Paul.