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Solanum aethiopicum |
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| Common name |
scarlet eggplant |
| Family |
solanaceae |
| Life cycle |
annual |
| Flowers |
white |
| Size |
to 6' |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
Another spiny eggplant. This one's main atraction are the ripe fruit, which look like an orangy-red beefsteak tomato.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. Read the other spiny solanums in our garden About my plant portraits
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- Seed from HPS/MAG '14/'15 exchange. Baggy 75F (95%G, 4-10d)
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