Solanum cajanumense

Intolerant of heat, frost, or direct sunlight, Solanum cajanumense seems to prefer cloud forest-type growing conditions, which limits it's future agricultural potential. As with most solanaceae, most parts of the plant are toxic, but casana produces and edible, yellow fruit similar in appearance to, but smaller than the closely related tamarillo.

Solanum cajanumense is a species of plant in the Solanaceae family. More

Solanum cajanumense is a species of plant in the Solanaceae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Source - * World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Solanum cajanumense. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007. Stub icon This Solanales article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. More