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naranjilla

(näränhă`yō), large tropical subshrub (Solanum quitoense) of the family Solanaceae (nightshadenightshade,
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.
..... Click the link for more information.  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 MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, 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).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Solanales, family Solanaceae.
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Fruits of naranjilla (Solanum quitoense Lam.), uvilla (Physalisperuviana L.), and mortino (Vaccinium floribundum Kunth) produced in Ecuador (cities of Puerto Quito, Machachi, and Cotacachi, resp.) were harvested at commercial maturity.
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Piscataway, N.J.-based Robertet took a leaf from the tea craze and formulated Shy Red Tea, a sparkling beverage featuring an exotic blend of Red Tea, Blush Cranberry, and Lulo, an exotic small, round, bright-orange orange (also known as toronja, nuqui, naranjita de Quito or naranjilla de Quito), whose flavor is often likened to pineapple and lemon.
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