I got these complimentary seeds with an eBay purchase this spring (forgot where). They were marked "thorny tomato - edible fruit". Does anyone know G. species or have any other info on them ? http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x47/RScott-02/?action=view¤t=DSCN4080.jpg RScott
2007-07-30 01:21:20 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
For a sense of scale, the large thorns are a inch long. Also, you can see two flower buds with halo of thorns in lower center of photo.
2007-07-30 01:26:01 · update #1
It's a porcupine tomato :)
http://toptropicals.com/cgi-bin/garden_catalog/cat.cgi?search_op=and&keyword_op=and&lang=e&find=solanum&number=10&user=tt&sale=1&first=11
RScott said that the fruits are edible, but I found that the plant is mostly grown for ornamentals and the fruits are discarded and never allowed to reseed because it can become invasive also a literal pain to remove. I want one though because I think it's beautiful. One site suggested that the fruits could possibly be poisionous, but they didn't know for sure.
RScott, You'll let us know won't you ;)
2007-07-30 09:07:20 · answer #1 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doesn't look like it's actually related to the tomato plant...but its' definitely very cool looking!!
Are the fruits edible?
2007-07-30 06:43:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋