Scarlet eggplant
Fruiting plant of the genus Solanum, related to the tomato and eggplant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The scarlet eggplant is a fruiting plant of the genus Solanum, related to the tomato and eggplant. Its green fruit is known as Gilo (Brazilian Portuguese: Jiló). 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).
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Scarlet Eggplant Gilo | |
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Species | Solanum aethiopicum |
Cultivar group | Gilo Group |
Cultivar group members | Many; see text. |
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Gilo was brought to Brazil from West Africa during the slave trade. It is still grown in West Africa, where it is sometimes called "garden eggs."[1]
Widely grown in Brazil, it is normally cooked as a vegetable. The fruit turns orange-red when ripe, but is usually picked and cooked while it is green.[1] In Mizo it is called samtawk.