Tamarillo
Botanical Name: Solanum betaceum (Formerly Cyphomandra betacea
Family: Solanaceae
Also Known As: French: tomate d’arbre; German: Baum-Tomate; in Spanish: tomate arbol; Portuguese: tomateiro-da-serra; Finnish : puutomaatti; Mexico and Central America love it simply called tomate; and the Japanese call it kodachitomato
Origin: Peru
Source: Incredible Edibles: one Teds Red and one Tango
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- 04/2006 Introduced to the tomate de arbol in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
- 01/2010 Planted in sheltered area with blueberries. (T1 and T2)
- 05/03/2010 They’ve outgrown the hoops of their house.
- 10/04/2010 They’re now taller than me.
- 05/12/2010 Thinking about tamarillos and how they resemble the auspicious Chinese shou motif.
- 01/05/2011 I just enjoyed the first sweet juicy tamarillo (Ted’s Red) of the season, which also happens to be the first ever from one of my own plants. What a treat! The juice tasted almost like pomegranate. I wonder if it’s because they’re planted next to each other and have been sharing trade secrets?
- Lost crops of the Incas: Little known plants of the Andes with promise for worldwide cultivation. Great illustration of tamarillo plants
- NZ Tamarillo Growers Association.
- Tamarillo varieties from Incredible Edibles
- Tamarillo on Wikipedia
