Solanum gilo

Raddi

Bitter berries, Scarlet eggplant

Solanaceae Edible: Fruit, Shoots, Leaves, Vegetable 364 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A small tropical shrub in the Solanaceae family, now cultivated as a variety of Solanum aethiopicum and sold commercially in local markets.

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Edible Uses

The fruit are eaten raw as a vegetable, or fried and boiled. The shoots and leaves are also edible.

Traditional Uses

The fruit are eaten raw as a vegetable. They are also eaten fried or boiled.

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Africa, Asia, Brazil, Central Africa, East Africa, India, Niger, Nigeria, Northeastern India, Sierra Leone, South America, Uganda, West Africa,

Other Information

It is a commercially cultivated vegetable. Fruit are sold in local markets.

Synonyms

Solanum naumannii Engl.Probably now a synonym of Solanum aethiopicum L.

Also Known As

Enjagi, Entula engana, Entura, Entuula, Gilo, Goma, Hepi keho, Jagi, Jilo, Ocugocuga, Panthao kenkathai, Samtawk

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East African Herbarium records, 1981,
Ethnobotany of Karbis. Chapter 4 in p 101
Gbile, Z. O. and Adesina, S. K., 1988, Nigerian Solanum Species of Economic Importance. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 75, No. 3. p 864

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