Seed variety
Pumpkin-on-a-stick – Solanum aethiopicum
Solanum aethiopicum belongs to Solanaceae, not to the pumpkin family. The ornamental Pumpkin on a Stick reference bears coloured fruits resembling miniature pumpkins on the stems. Fruit colour and stem characteristics vary between selections. This relationship to eggplant distinguishes the plant from true ornamental gourds in a seed assortment. The catalogue average is 300 seeds per gram, a useful reference when comparing bulk quantities.
At a glance
Reference BSI-B20659Variety profile
Characteristics
- Cultivar
- Pumpkin-on-a-stick
- Seeds per gram
- 300
- Plant height (cm)
- 60
- Life cycle
- annual
Botanical details
- Common names
- African eggplant
- Synonyms
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- Lycopersicon aethiopicum (L.) Mill.
- Pseudocapsicum torulosum Moench
- Pseudocapsicum torulosum Moench
- Solanum aethiopicum var. aculeatum Dunal
- Solanum aethiopicum var. armatum Bitter
- Solanum aethiopicum var. giorgii (De Wild.) Bitter
- Solanum aethiopicum var. inerme Dunal
- Solanum aethiopicum var. integrifolium (Poir.) O.E.Schulz
- Solanum aethiopicum var. modicelobatum Bitter
- Solanum aethiopicum var. paaschenianum (H.J.P.Winkl.) Bitter
- Solanum ambrosiacum Vell.
- Solanum aurantiacum Sendtn.
- Solanum brieyi De Wild.
- Solanum elaeagnifolium Willd. ex Steud.
- Solanum elskensii De Wild.
- Solanum geminifolium Thonn.
- Solanum gilo Req. ex Dunal
- Solanum gilo Raddi
- Solanum gilo subsp. megalacanthum Bitter
- Solanum gilo subsp. monteiroi (C.H.Wright) Bitter
- Solanum gilo var. ellipsoideum Bitter
- Solanum gilo var. erectifructum Bitter
- Solanum gilo var. pierreanum (Paill. & Bois) Bitter
- Solanum gilo var. sparseaculeatum Bitter
- Solanum giorgii De Wild.
- Solanum hybridum Jacq.
- Solanum indicum subsp. ambifarium Bitter
- Solanum integrifolium Poir.
- Solanum kupperi Markgr.
- Solanum lobelii Ten.
- Solanum lusitanicum Dunal
- Solanum monteiroi C.H.Wright
- Solanum naumannii Engl.
- Solanum obtusifolium Willd.
- Solanum olivare Paill. & Bois
- Solanum ovatifolium De Wild.
- Solanum paaschenianum H.J.P.Winkl.
- Solanum pierreanum Paill. & Bois
- Solanum poggei Dammer
- Solanum pseudomelongena Ten.
- Solanum racemiflorum Dunal
- Solanum scabrum Zuccagni
- Solanum scabrum Jacq.
- Solanum sparsespinosum De Wild.
- Solanum subsessile De Wild.
- Solanum sudanense Hammerst.
- Solanum texanum Ten.
- Solanum texanum Dunal
- Solanum willdenowii Roem. & Schult.
- Solanum worsleyi Anon.
- Solanum worsleyi W.Watson
- Solanum zuccagnianum Dunal
- Solanum zuccagnianum var. allogonum Dunal
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Solanales
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
- Species
- Solanum aethiopicum