Casana

Solanum cajanumense

fruit

The yellow fruit of a close relative of the tamarillo, planted near houses.

Origin

Ecuador and Peru

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

Ripe, it is cut in half and the pulp eaten with a spoon, without the skin. Only the ripe fruit is eaten: the rest of the plant is toxic.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Smaller than the tamarillo, it looks very much like it.