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Ethiopian eggplant

Solanum aethiopicum

African eggplant relative grown for both its fruit and its edible leaves.

Family

Solanaceae

Temperature

20-30°C (absolute 10-40°C)

Rainfall

1200-1600mm (absolute 800-4000mm)

Soil pH

5.5-7 (absolute 4.3-8.5)

Soil types

Fertile, well-drained soils