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No common name

Solanum trilobatum L.

Description:

Large Solanum type mauve flowers. Thorny stems.Glossy leaves. Climbing habit.

Habitat:

Scrambling through the hedge on the side of a forest track close to the sea

Notes:

"This plant grows wild in Thailand and like Solanum ferox would not be considered as an eggplant relative anywhere else but in Thailand where it is consumed like a pea eggplant. Its fruits, of similar size, resemble the pea eggplant, have a bitter taste and vary in colour from white-streaked with green through to yellow-orange to shades of red as they ripen. They are borne on a thorny, climbing herb upon individual stems (rather than in clusters like pea eggplant). This variety is eaten raw with nam prik kapi and is also considered valuable medicinally. No cultivar name has been found anywhere yet."

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VivBraznell
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VivBraznell

นครศรีธรรมราช, จังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช, Thailand

Spotted on Sep 18, 2014
Submitted on Sep 20, 2014

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