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Solanum integrifolium |
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| Synonym(s) |
Solanum aethiopicum |
| Common name |
pumpkin on a stick eggplant |
| Family |
solanaceae |
| Life cycle |
tender perennial (Z9-11) |
| Flowers |
white |
| Size |
36" |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
Little red-orange pumpkin-shaped fruits ripen in October. Some prickles, but the spines aren't especially exciting.
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Jeff Price | Dec 24, 2012 | Thought you would like to know that there is a chapter about this plant in "Lost Crops of Africa, volume II - Vegetables". This is a publication by the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Center. We are interested in unusual tropical crops.
Thanks for the reference, Jeff. |
- Seed from '10 trade. Baggy 70F (86%G, 8-14d)
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