Solanum gilo
Raddi
Bitter berries, Scarlet eggplant
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit, Shoots, Leaves, Vegetable
The fruit are eaten raw as a vegetable, or fried and boiled. The shoots and leaves are also edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Asia, Brazil, Central Africa, East Africa, India, Niger, Nigeria, Northeastern India, Sierra Leone, South America, Uganda, West Africa,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bolivia, Brazil, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Chile, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, French Guiana, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A small tropical shrub in the Solanaceae family, now cultivated as a variety of Solanum aethiopicum and sold commercially in local markets.
Other Information
It is a commercially cultivated vegetable. Fruit are sold in local markets.
Names & Synonyms
Enjagi, Entula engana, Entura, Entuula, Gilo, Goma, Hepi keho, Jagi, Jilo, Ocugocuga, Panthao kenkathai, Samtawk
Solanum naumannii Engl.Probably now a synonym of Solanum aethiopicum L.
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