Jerusalem cherry
Solanum pseudocapsicum L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 51 cm
- wide
- 51 cm
Solanaceae
Also called Winter cherry, Madeira winter cherry, Natal Cherry, False Capsicum, Jerusalemkersie
Formerly Pseudocapsicum undulatum, Solanum capsicastrum, Solanum compactum, Solanum diffusum, and 21 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Subshrub or shrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Bolivia to Brazil and S. South AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 10 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 10 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, purpleRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Collar de reina, Mirto, Revienta Caballos
- Czech
- lilek višňový, lilek ozdobný
- Chinese
- 瑪瑙珠 珊瑚豆 玉珊瑚, 珊瑚櫻, 耶路撒冷櫻桃
- Japanese
- タマサンゴ, 玉珊瑚
- Finnish
- huonekoiso, Huonekoiso
- Chinese (China)
- 珊瑚樱
- Swedish
- korallbär
- root
- Xiuhehēcapahtli, Nomeme
- Afrikaans
- Jerusalemkersie, bosgifappel, gifbessie
- Russian
- Паслен ложноперечный, Паслен перцевидный
- French
- Pommier d'amour, cerisier d'amour
- Portuguese
- Peloteira
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Solanum pseudocapsicum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.