Not a kangaroo to be seen in Great Ryburgh churchyard today, but there were a number of shrubs of this plant, bearing strange green fruit and apparently seeding quite freely about the churchyard. After a bit of racking of brains, recalling past holidays and phoning a friend, we established that these were Solanum laciniatum, the oddly-named Kangaroo-apple and the identification was soon confirmed by a very nice lady who was there to do the flower arrangements for Sunday.

The BSBI distribution map shows that this species has a pronouncedly southerly and coastal distribution. Kangaroo-apple is native to Australia and New Zealand where it forms bushy shrubs that grow to around 3m and in the summer they are covered in flamboyant purple blossoms.