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By Jjulio

Johannesburg, South Africa

This tree puzzles me.
I've tried to know its name unsuccessfully.
Some call it tomato tree or granadilla.
What's its real name?




Answers

 

Cyphomandra betacea

10 Feb, 2012

 

Sold in the U.S. as "Tree Tomato", and the red ripe fruit is edible, but not particularly tomato-like in flavor.

10 Feb, 2012

 

Gosh Bamboo, is there anything you don't know???

10 Feb, 2012

 

Thanks very much, guys; you are fantastic in knowledge of these matters!
Much, much appreciated.
Julio.

11 Feb, 2012

 

I can't take credit there, Steragram, other than for being a fast typist and a quick reader - I typed 'tomato tree' into Google to see what came up - and this did, immediately!

11 Feb, 2012

 

Well, thanks very much, bamboo, I wasn't even sure the name could be a Google clue... [smile, silly me]

11 Feb, 2012

 

I was gonna try granadilla, then gooseberry tree if tomato tree came up with nothing, lol

11 Feb, 2012

 

Now if hadn't said anything you would still have been getting the credit for universal knowledge Bamboo!

16 Feb, 2012

 

Naughty of me in the first place to not credit my source... which we're supposed to do, really.

16 Feb, 2012

 

naughty but nice...?

17 Feb, 2012

 

Ah - you might say that, I couldn't possibly comment, lol!

17 Feb, 2012

How do I say thanks?

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