Ethiopian eggplant
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Ethiopian eggplant is grown in parts of West and East Africa and also in the south of Italy.
Of the Ethiopian eggplant, both the fruits and leaves can be eaten. Fruits are eaten raw or cooked. Leaves are used like spinach.
Ethiopian eggplant belongs to the same genus as tomato and eggplant, and its ripe fruits often look like a cross between an eggplant and a tomato.
Names
Scientific
Solanum aethiopicum
English
Ethiopian eggplant
Ethiopian nightshade
Garden eggs
Mock tomato
Nakati
Spanish
Falso tomate
Nakati etíope
French
Aubergine africaine
Aubergine amère
Petite bringelle maronne
Tomate amère
German
Äthiopische Eierfrucht
Italian
Melanzana rossa
Taxonomy
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum
Species
Solanum aethiopicum (Ethiopian eggplant)
Crop categories
Fruit vegetables
Fruits
Leaf vegetables
Minor crops
Subtropical crops
Tropical crops
Vegetables
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Known as tamate amère, aubergine amère and petite bringelle maronne in Mali – and presumably other Francophones.