Tamarillo seed

LATIN NAME: Solanum betaceum

COMMON NAME: Tamarillo

The tamarillo carries its large, oval, soft, dark-green leaves and the small, pinkish, trumpet-shaped flowers, and the whole shrub stands in the tall, leafy clumps. The upright, fast-growing, short-lived evergreen shrub or small tree carries the large, oval, softly hairy, dark-green leaves with the faint, foetid scent and the small, pinkish-lilac, trumpet-shaped flowers in the small, drooping clusters through the warm season, one of the fine, bright sights of the warm garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the egg-shaped, glossy, orange-red or purple fruits with the juicy, tangy flesh. The fruits have a very long record as the fine, tangy fruits of the warm tables, and the shrub is a fine, historic presence of the warm garden. It is a shrub of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The tamarillo is a historic subject of the plant science, and the egg-shaped fruits keep showing up in the work on the warm-country shrubs. The way the egg-shaped, glossy, orange-red or purple fruits form from the small, pinkish-lilac, trumpet-shaped flowers has been examined closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the warm-country shrubs, the tangy fruits and the members of the nightshade family. The oval leaves and the fast habit have also made it a fine study shrub, and the tamarillo is a regular subject of the work on the egg-shaped fruits of the warm world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The tamarillo is a fine, bright shrub of the warm garden and the study collection. The egg-shaped, glossy, orange-red or purple fruits have a very long record as the fine, tangy fruits of the warm tables, the juicy flesh coming to the fruit bowls, the chutneys, the sauces and the cool drinks of the warm kitchens, while the small, pinkish-lilac, trumpet-shaped flowers in the small, drooping clusters open through the warm season, drawing the bees. It is one of the fine choices for the warm garden, the fruit patch and the study collection, and it has been written about in the culinary and the agricultural papers for the tangy fruits and the very long history. It is a fine, bright shrub of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.

Give the young shrubs the warmth and the deep, rich, moist bed, and the tangy fruits will come in the years to come.

To grow the tamarillo from seed, sow the small, brown seeds just below the surface of the tray of rich, sandy soil, keep the tray in a bright, open spot and water gently, then pot the young shrubs on as they fill the pot. The seedlings push through within a couple of weeks and grow on fast. With the sun, the warmth and the deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground, the tangy fruits will come in the years to come.

From spring to summer, white to pink 2,5 cm flowers are produced,
followed by the fruits turning bright red and similar in
appearance to plum tomatoes to around 5 – 8 cm in length.
A native to Peru, the Tamarillo is a small tree or shrub with robust, yet sparse branches growing to around 2 to 3 meters in height, with soft, almost velvety ovoid mid green leaves to around 30 cm.
Minimum temperature should be around 5°C

Tamarillo seeds (Solanum betaceum)