Kokoua (Pacific nightshade)

Solanum repandum

fruit

Kokoua or huou: a fruit sometimes grown and used in local cooking.

Origin

Pacific islands

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The ripe fruit is rinsed; its flesh is eaten raw or cooked, setting aside the skin and seeds.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Its yellow flesh surrounds the seeds with a ring of emerald-green juice.