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"Pumpkin Tree" Is Solanum: Ornamental, Not Edible

The thorny-leaved plant with miniature "pumpkins" and jalapeno-like seeds is Solanum integrifolium or S. aethiopicum ("pumpkin tree"). Related to eggplant, but Solanum family includes poisonous members (jimson weed). Don't eat. Save seeds, plant outdoors in late April.

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