Nicola Fidler wrote:
Christian Pepin et Melanie Blanchette wrote:

Hi, my name is Christian. I bought last year a "cerisier de
Jerusalem". The name is in french, I don't know the english name.
It's an indoor plant with 2 inches-long leaves and typical orange
fruits big like the tip of my thumb. Can anyone tell me the
english
name and also the way to get fruits. After I bought the plant, the
fruits fell in 2-3 weeks. Since, there is always flowers on the
plants but never give fruits. Is there something special to do to
get
some fruits?

Thanks, Christian
A literal translation is Jerusalem cherry. If so, its botanical name
is
Solanum pseudocapsicum. Don't eat the fruit which are poisonous.

Premature fruit fall could be due to any number of things, most
related
to stress of some sort - eg too much or too little light, water,
nutrients &c. My guess is to do with light if you're growing it
indoors.

It is a frost-tender evergreen Mediterranean native, flowering in
summer, best grown as an annual according to my info. As you can
probably guess from the name, it's related to potato, eggplant and
tomato.

Cheers
Nick