Solanum x burbankii
Bitter
Garden Huckleberry, Wonderberry
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Description
An artificial cross between Solanum villosum and Solanum guineense. It is a small shrub. It grows 30-60 cm high.
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Edible Uses
The ripe fruit are usually cooked with sugar and used in pies and desserts.
Traditional Uses
The ripe fruit are usually cooked with sugar. They are used in pies and desserts. Caution: The unripe fruit are poisonous.
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Known Hazards
The unripe fruit are poisonous.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It can grow in poorer soils and cooler temperatures than tomato. It can grow in full sun or light shade. The fruit are 1 cm across.
Where It Grows
Africa, Australia, North America, Tasmania, USA,
Cultivation
Plants are grown from seed.
Notes
There are about 1400 Solanum species.
References (4)
- 1996, California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc. Pepino dulce Fruit fact
- Lyle, S., 2006, Discovering fruit and nuts. Land Links. p 224
- Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12:83. 1913
- Self, M., 199, Phoenix Seeds catalogue. p 5
