TO KNOW OUR LOCAL FRUITS AND PLANTS 9 NIPPLE BRINJAL, TERUNG SUSU

Solanum mammosum, Solanaceae.

This species ia a semi-woody herb from Central Africa and South America. It grows into a small shrub with large leaves of serrated margin. Thorns are found on the leaves and stem. The flowers are rather small. The fruits are orange in colour, smooth and conical in shapes with rounded lobes at the base. The fruits can be used for flower arrangement for indoor decoration. It grows by seeds.

(from "Malaysian Fruits in Colours" by H.F Chin & H.S Yong)