How to propagate turkey berry, Solanum torvum / eggplant, for grafting eggplants, peppers or tomato

Solanum torvum is very easy to propagate from cuttings, and is also great for grafting eggplants, tomatoes and peppers.

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Very hardy and no known diseases. Very little care is needed. This belong to the eggplant family, and the fruit is the smallest of all eggplants. Produces a lot of fruits. Please note that this is not thornless; this is original and thorny. Not a good choice when little kinds are around, for thrones can hurt.


People in Asia, Africa, and even South America consider the fruit a vegetable and medicinal. Google search will give you lot of information about its health benefits. The plant can grow up to 7 feet and in tropical areas you get fruits all year round. In subtropical areas, from April October, and in cold areas during summer and early

Edible Uses

The young shoots can be eaten raw or cooked

Fruit - raw or cooked.A juicy pulp, containing many small seeds

A distinctive, bitter flavour, it tends to be more appreciated by older people

The fruit is eaten raw in Asia, where it is also cooked and served as a side dish with rice, or is added to stews, soups, curries etc.

In the West Indies, the half-grown, firm berries are boiled and eaten with foods such as yams or akees, or are added to soups and stews

The yellowish, globose berry can be 10 - 15mm in diameter, containing many small seeds

The immature fruit is green, turning yellow then orange as it ripens

An extract of the plant is sometimes used as a curdling agent
Medicinal

The plant is often used in traditional medicine and, when used wisely, its fruit and leaves can be used to control a range of microbial activities

The glycoalkaloid solasodine, which is found in the leaves and fruits, is used in India in the manufacture of steroidal sex hormones for oral contraceptives

The juice of the plant is used to treat fevers, coughs, asthma, chest ailments, sore throats, rheumatism, dropsy, stomach aches and gonorrhoea

The juice of the flowers, with salt added, is used as eye drops

The leaves are an effective antimicrobial and diuretic

An infusion is used as a treatment for thrush

The leaves are dried and ground to powder, this is used as a medicine for diabetic patients

The leaves are applied topically to treat cuts, wounds and skin diseases

A syrup prepared from the leaves and flowers is used as a treatment for colds

An infusion of the leaves and fruits is used as a treatment for bush yaws and sores

The fruit is diuretic

It is used in the treatment of malaria, stomach aches and problems with the spleen

A decoction is given to children as a treatment for coughs

The young fruits are used to improve the eyesight

A paste of the mature fruit is applied as a poultice to the forehead to treat headaches

The fruit juice is applied locally to ease the irritation of ant bites

A decoction of the root is used to treat venereal disease. The roots are boiled, lime juice is added, and the whole is drunk as a treatment for malaria

The juice of the roots is used to treat vomiting caused by weakness

The pounded root is inserted into the cavity of a decayed tooth to relieve toothache
Other Uses

The plant is sometimes used as a rootstock for tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) and aubergines (Solanum melongena), where it conveys resistance to bacterial wilt and nematodes
Solanum aethiopicum cv. ‘Iizuka’ gives better results with tomatoes