Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
MAGNOLIOPHYTA
Class
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
Family
SOLANACEAE
Genus
Solanum
Species
mauritianum
Has fauna
False
Mapping

Common Name
Wild Tobacco
Alternate name
Wild Tobacco Tree, Tobacco Bush
Is historical
False
QLD
Naturalised
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
True
Qld Census
True
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Known location
Other locality
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Specific ecology
Habitat
Rainforest
Habitat comment
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Spread mostly by birds, water, gravity, bats and flying foxes.
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Shrub
Description
Shrub to small tree to 4m. Large furry green leaves, pungent to smell. Pale to deep violet flowers most of the year with dull yellow berries.
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Citations