Botanical name: Solanum gilo
Common names: Scarlet Eggplant, Gilo, Jilo
Family: Solanaceae
Origin: West Africa
Solanum gilo is a green fruit related to the tomato and the eggplant; the plant which bears it is also called the Scarlet Eggplant. It was once treated as a distinct species, Solanum gilo, but it is now known to be a cultivar group of Solanum aethiopicum (the Ethiopian Eggplant or nakati).
Similar plants: Solanum gilo (Scarlet Eggplant)
- Solanum aculeatissimum (Cockroach berry)
- Solanum atropurpureum (Malevolence)
- Solanum bahamense (Bahama Nightshade)
- Solanum betaceum (Tamarillo)
- Solanum bonariense (Granadillo)
- Solanum capsicastrum (Winter Cherry)
- Solanum conocarpum (Marron Bacoba)
- Solanum diphyllum (Twoleaf nightshade)
- Solanum dulcamara (Bittersweet Nightshade)
- Solanum elaeagnifolium (Silverleaf Nightshade)
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