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*This very interesting fruit is covered with a light down and looks like an eggplant. It is a relative to the eggplant but it is a juicy, tart fruit. It is eaten stewed, as fresh fruit, as a drink, or fried.....Eating quality is incredible.
* Cocono is prized for making jam, marmalade, paste, and jelly, and is sometimes pickled or candied....In Brazil, the leaves are cooked and eaten as well.
*It is often processed as a nectar or juice which, sweetened with sugar, is a popular cold beverage.
*The ripe fruit is peeled and eaten out-of-hand by South American Indians. More sophisticated people use the fruit in salads, cook it with fish and also in meat stews. Sweetened, it is used to make sauce and pie-filling.
Easy Grown in Containers "Bonsai" - It'll be your new summertime treat.-
Our 5 Cocona (Solanum Topiro) Seeds * * Packaged by Robsrareandgiantseeds. Hardy to zone - 8-11...Highly recommended Cocona, is a tropical shrub belonging to the Solanaceae family..* * * Wonderful , Showy- In addition to being unique in their for Small Spaces, Patios, Rooftops, Containers ,Bonsai - Heirloom The medium-sized cocono is in greatest demand in Peru and especially for juice....Cocona fruit benefits have been made use of by South American Indians for a variety of maladies as well as a food staple.....