Solanaceae
Naranjilla
Solanum quitoense
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Common names
By language (24)
- Basque
- Lulo, Naranjilla, Quito quito
- Catalan
- Naranjilla
- Chinese
- 奎東茄, 刺茄
- Czech
- Lilek quitský, Naranjila
- Dutch
- Lulo, Gele terong, Naranjilla, Quito-tomaat
- English
- Naranjilla, Lulo melijillo
- Estonian
- Lulo-maavits
- French
- Narangille
- German
- Lulo, Lulo-Frucht, Lulu-Frucht
- Hungarian
- Naranjilla
- Japanese
- ナランジラ
- Korean
- 룰로
- lbe
- Наранхилла
- Lithuanian
- Apelsininė kiauliauogė, Apelsinija, Lulo, Naranchilija
- mrj
- Наранхилла
- pam
- Naranjilla
- Persian
- نارانجیلا
- Polish
- Psianka lulo
- Quechua
- Kukuna
- Russian
- Наранхилла, Луло
- Spanish
- Lulo, Naranjilla, Quito quito
- Swedish
- Naranjilla
- udm
- Наранхилла
- Ukrainian
- Наранхіла
Synonyms
- Solanum angulatum Ruiz & Pav.
- Solanum macrocarpon Molina
- Solanum macrocarpon Pav. ex Dunal
- Solanum nollanum Britton
- Solanum quitense Kunth
- Solanum quitoense f. quitoense
- Solanum quitoense f. septentrionale (R.E.Schult. & Cuatrec.) D'Arcy
- Solanum quitoense var. quitoense
- Solanum quitoense var. septentrionale R.E.Schult. & Cuatrec.
- Solanum septentrionale (R.E.Schult. & Cuatrec.) D'Arcy
Flowers
- In flower
- July to March (from 35 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alejandro Alfredo Aguirre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Gijs Romijn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicolás Baresch Uribe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MadriCR, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Melissa Meadows, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Åsa Berndtsson, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amber M. King, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Raúl A. Ruiz M., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.