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Old 05-09-2012, 11:55 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Default Re: Naranjilla (Solanum quitoense)

Looking at the plant and knowing it is in the same genus as tomatoes, peppers, etc. -- you'll notice that it has characteristics of eggplant in the leaves and tomatillo in the fruit, although there are no "husks". The skin is tougher than a tomatillo in fact not unlike eggplant skin. The taste of the fruit ... well it is a tomatillo that tastes strongly of sweet citrus.
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