Maori name for the floweringshrub Solanum aviculare, Forst.; called in Australia, Kangaroo Apple. Corrupted into Bullybul (q.v.). /See, rather, Bull-a-bull/
1857. C. Hursthouse, `New Zealand, the Britain of the South,p. 136:
«The poroporo, the nicest or least nasty of the wild fruits, isa sodden strawberry flavoured with apple-peel; but if rashlytasted an hour before it is ripe, the poroporo is an alum pillflavoured with strychnine.»
1880. W. Colenso, `Transactions New Zealand Institute,'vol. xiii. art. i. p. 32:
«The large berry of the poro-poro ( Solanum aviculare)was also eaten; it is about the size of a small plum, and whenripe it is not unpleasant eating, before it is ripe it is veryacrid. This fruit was commonly used by the early colonists inthe neighbourhood of Wellington in making jam.»