Litchi tomato
3.99$
10 x / pack
A totally unique fruit, it’s easy to imagine the lychee tomato in myriad culinary interpretations. Its Latin name is Solanum sisymbriifolium, but it has many aliases, Vila Vila in Latin America, litchi tomato in the United States and Morelle de Balbis in France. While exotic plants may seem like a new innovation, the lychee tomato was celebrated in ancient seed catalogs as an exotic and delicious fruit. Wilson’s Seed Farm’s 1896 catalog featured a plant called (Solanum anthrophagorum), it was described as a bright red fruit that lends itself well to pies and sauces. Wilson’s catalog also indicated that the fruit was used as a condiment for a cannibalistic meal of human flesh in Fiji. Botanists believe the lychee tomato originated in South America, but early accounts mention it as a plant growing in the South Pacific islands. Large plants grow up to 5′ and are covered in thorns; sweet red fruits and large white flowers. Beautiful to look at, but watch out for the thorns! The fruit is about the size of a cherry and tastes like a cherry crossed with a tomato.
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