This introduced shrub is commonly known as devils fig.
Solanum torvum is described as a "dicot" in the Solanaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
As at 01/07/2016 listed as a non-declared environmental weed for the Fraser Coast region for all areas excluding K'gari (Fraser Island).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 41 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, Bauple Forest, Beaver Rock, Bidwill, Boompa, Booral, Craignish, Doongul, Dundowran Beach, Gigoomgan, Gundiah, Howard, Island Plantation, Kawungan, Maryborough, Mount Urah, Nikenbah, Owanyilla, Pialba, Pioneers Rest, Point Vernon, Poona, Prawle, River Heads, St Mary, Takura, Talegalla Weir, Tandora, Teddington, Tiaro, Tinana, Tinana South, Toogoom, Tuan Forest, Urangan, Urraween, Walkers Point, Walligan, Wondunna, Yengarie, Yerra.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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