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    Turkey berry Facts

    Turkey Berries also known as  Cherry Eggplant, Devil’s Fig, Green-Fruited Pea Eggplant, Gully Bean, Pea Aubergine, Pea Eggplant, Plate Brush and many other names can be found in India, Africa, China, Thailand, The Caribbean, South America, Indonesia, Florida, Alabama, Brazil, Mexico, Ghana, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico and other places in US and the world. In Jamaica this berry is called susumba. It grows wonderfully in full sunlight and light shade. It cannot survive under closed forest areas. This plant is seen on vacant lands, roadsides, pastures, river banks, and other such areas. Flowering and fruiting starts after the plant reaches a height of 1.5 m. Turkey berry reaches a height of 1.5 m during the year and dies after 2 years.

    Name Turkey berry
    Scientific Name Solanum torvum
    Native Central and South America
    Common/English Name Cherry Eggplant, Devil’s Fig, Green-Fruited Pea Eggplant, Gully Bean, Pea Aubergine, Pea Eggplant, Plate Brush, Susumba, Susumber, Thai Pea Eggplant, Thai Cultivated Nightshade, Thornapple, Turkey Berry, Water Nightshade, Wild Eggplant.
    Name in Other Languages Fijian : Kaisurisuri
    Papua New Guinea : Podopodo Kai Ra T Aba Rau
    Bangladesh : Gotha Begun
    Vietnam : Cà Dai Hoa Trang
    Brazil : Jurubeba ( Portuguese )
    Philippines : Taogotan
    Tongan : Tisaipale
    Burmese : Hkawhkam-Kaju
    Portuguese : Bellangère Bâtarde
    Japanese : Suzume Nasubi
    Danish : Ærtenatskygge
    French : Aubergine Sauvage Épineuse
    Laotian : Kh’èèngz Faaz
    Puerto Rico : Berenjena Cimarrona
    German : Teufels-Nachtschatten
    Saint Lucia : Béléjenn Djab
    Yapese : Rawelnagafi
    Guatemala : Güis
    Indonesia : Pokak
    Thailand : Makhua-Phuang
    China : Dian Qie Zi
    Italian : Morella Della Giamaica
    Vanuatu : Piko
    Khmer : Trɑp Put Lumɲɔɔŋ
    Nepali : Tokrakur
    Spanish : Berenjena De Gallina
    Pakistan : Khana Pakana
    Cameroon : Top Na Aka ( Batoufam )
    Samoan : Lapiti
    India : Bhi Tita
    Plant Growth Habit Erect, branched, slender perennial shrub
    Growing Climate Grows best in full sunlight and does well in light shade or shade for part of the day, but cannot survive under a closed forest canopy
    Soil Quite drought tolerant and is adaptable on a wide range of soils
    Plant Size 2–3 m tall and 2 cm in diameter
    Root Deep and strong, woody taproot with numerous woody laterals.
    Stem Densely tomentose with stout, recurved, reddish or paleyellow prickles
    Leaf Simple, alternate, solitary or in pairs; petiole 2–4 cm; leaf blade ovate to elliptic, 6–19 by × 4–13 cm, densely tomentose, armed or unarmed, with an acute tip and rounded to oblique base, margin sinuate or usually 5-7- lobed and covered with hairs.
    Flower Andromonoecious, pentamerous, pedicel, slender, 5–12 mm densely tomentose, white, rotate, 2.5 cm across, short tube with 5 short ovate-lanceolate lobes, 8–10 mm
    Fruit Shape & Size Many seeded, smooth, glabrous, globose berry 1–1.5 cm in diameter and borne on 1–2 cm, pedicel thickened upwards.
    Fruit Color Green when young to yellowish-green when mature
    Flavor/Aroma Spicy
    Taste Bitter
    Seed Numerous flat, round, Discoid, brown, 1.5–2 mm in diameter
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