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naranjilla
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naranjilla (näränhă`yō), large tropical subshrub (Solanum quitoense) of the family Solanaceae (nightshade nightshade, common name for the Solanaceae, a family of herbs, shrubs, and a few trees of warm regions, chiefly tropical America. Many are climbing or creeping types, and rank-smelling foliage is typical of many species.
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 family), native to the Andes. Tomatolike fruits, orange-colored and leathery-skinned, grow along the large main stalk, sometimes 10 ft (21.3 m) high. Their juicy, flavorful, slightly acid pulp is much used locally for beverages and sherbets. The naranjillo, or lulo, became known to North Americans as a beverage at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Naranjillo is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta , division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
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, class Magnoliopsida, order Polemoniales, family Solanaceae.


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54% stake in Nare Diamonds, which has four concessions in South Africa and the Lulo concession in Angola, it was decided to re-incorporate as Lonrho Mining--which initially traded on the Australian stock exchange and is shortly expected to take up a dual listing on AIM in London.
Drifting to Long Matan on the upper Kayan, the baby was picked up by an Uma:' Juman man, Saluy ("Bok Saloi"), who adopted the child and named him Dia:n ("Dian Lulo Kasok").
The lulo is also native to South America and debuted in the U.
 
 
 
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