African Pea Eggplant
(African eggplant, Brihati, Forest bitterberry)
(Solanum aguivi) African Pea Eggplant is a wild eggplant that grows and is cultivated in Africa and South Asia. (Richters) This variety produces small round red fruits.
“The berries are gathered while green well before they ripen and turn red. They are eaten raw as an appetizer in Ghana and cooked in a traditional Cameroonian soup called nkwi. The berries are also eaten cooked or raw in India. In both Africa and India the berries used fresh or dried and ground to treat high blood pressure. Grows in any fertile soil, reaching up to 1.5-2m (4-6ft). Keep back from walkways because the stems can be prickly.” (Richters Seed Zoo, 2024)
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