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Quito-orange
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Nightshade family: peppers & antroewa

Quito-orange

Solanum quitoense Lam.

Names

EnglishQuito-orange
DutchLulo
SpanishLulo
Chinese奎东茄
Scientific nameSolanum quitoense Lam.

About this species

Solanum quitoense, known as naranjilla (Spanish pronunciation: [naɾaŋˈxiʝa], "little orange") in Ecuador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama and as lulo ([ˈlulo], from Quechua) in Colombia, is a tropical perennial plant from northwestern South America.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderSolanales
FamilySolanaceae
GenusSolanum

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