Scarlet Eggplant

Scarlet Eggplant

Infobox Cultivar
name = Scarlet Eggplant Gilo


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Jiló" in a market in São Paulo (Brazil)
species = "Solanum aethiopicum"
group = Gilo Group
origin =
subdivision = Many, e.g. 'Black Stream'

Gilo is a green fruit related to the tomato and the eggplant; the plant which bears it also called Scarlet Eggplant. It was once treated as a distinct species "Solanum gilo", but it now known to refer to a cultivar group of "Solanum aethiopicum", the Ethopian Eggplant or nakati.

Widely grown in Brazil where it is known as "jiló", it is normally cooked as a vegetable and has a bitter taste which is not universally enjoyed. It can be said to be an acquired taste.

Solanum gilo 'Black Stream' has black stems and red or orange fruits; it is grown in France as an ornamental , and can be dried for winter decorations.


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