Mary added a comment questioning the origin of the name.
Bushranger says the name might be used because the leaves resemble the footprint of a kangaroo. But in my photo the leaves don't look like that.
However, recently I saw a small seedling at Marysville, and the little plantlet did have leaves that look like pawprints.
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Interesting - not a plant I've seen here in the UK. But maybe that's because we don't have kangaroos either!
It's a plant that doesn't live long, so perhaps that's why it's not seen in gardens on other continents. It's a relative of the tomato.
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