Pepino Dulce
"Victoria Clare" wrote in message
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in
:
I am a pessimist. There are so many poisonous members of the Solanum
tribe that I would be more than worried about eating any one other
than the commonly culivated ones like potatos and tomatos.
Solanum muricatum has been in cultivation for a very long time: it's an
Inca crop.
In fact, I think that makes it a longer-established edible than the
tomato,
which I understand was bred into edibility quite recently (C16th or so).
What interesting information!
But if it was an Inca crop, is it not likely to have narcotic properties?
{:-))
Franz
Victoria
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