| Food security= 4
}}
[[File:Map Solanum aethiopicum.GIF|thumb|distribution in Africa (planted)]]
[[File:Linedrawing Solanum aethiopicum.GIF|thumb|1, flowering branch; 2, flower; 3, different fruit types; 4, fruit in cross section; 5, seed Redrawn and adapted by M.M. Spitteler]]
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plant habit
plant of Gilo Group with elongated fruits
fruit of the Gilo Group
genetic diversity in harvested fruits
fruits of cultivar ‘Soxna’, Kumba Group, Senegal
flowering and fruiting plant of Shum Group
fused petals in a Solanum macrocarpon flower (left) and free petals in a Solanum aethiopicum flower (right)
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