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The golden fruit has many aliases; the one you know may be just one of them

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The golden fruit is a shrub plant with a rather unusual fruit shape. It is a highly prized ornamental fruit plant and a good choice of ornamental fruiting flower for growing at home.

Other names for the golden fruit

The golden fruit has an alias called nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum). It also has other names such as five-finger eggplant, five-generations-under-one-roof fruit, frankincense eggplant, nipple eggplant, ox-head eggplant, multi-head eggplant, and horn eggplant.

Growing habits of the golden fruit

The golden fruit likes a warm and humid growing environment and requires ample light. The suitable temperature for its growth is between 15°C and 25°C. It can tolerate cold, but the wintering temperature must not be lower than 12°C. The golden fruit is afraid of drought and also averse to waterlogging, and it likes loose, fertile, sandy soil with good drainage.

Common pests and diseases of the golden fruit

The common diseases of the golden fruit are mainly leaf spot and anthracnose. During the growing period, it can also suffer from damage by pests such as red spider mites.

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