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Naranjilla (Solanum quitoense): Tropical Showstopper

Naranjilla has large, thorny leaves and orange fruits with pineapple-lemon jelly. Grow from saved seed indoors now or outdoors in late April. Not winter-hardy in Atlanta—treat as annual or overwinter indoors.

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