Horned eggplant

Japanese: ツノナス
Horned eggplant
A shrub of the Solanaceae family native to tropical America. It grows to a height of about 1m, has thorny stems, and has large heart-shaped leaves. It produces 3-4 purple florets in the leaf axils. The fruit is yellow, egg-shaped, slightly pointed at the tip, and has several nipple-like protrusions at the base. It is used as a flower material under the name foxface. In Japan, it is cultivated as a spring-sown annual plant.

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Japanese:
熱帯アメリカ原産のナス科の低木。高さ約1mになり,茎には普通とげがあり,葉は大きなハート形。葉腋に紫色の小花を3〜4個つける。果実は黄色,卵形で先がややとがり,基部には乳頭状の突起を数個つけ,フォックスフェースの名で生花材料とされる。日本では春まき一年草として栽培。

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