Naranjilla (Solanum quitoense: Solanaceae) A refreshing drink is made from its edible orange fruits. This native plant ranges from Central America south through Peru, the northern Andes of Venezuela and to southern Columbia. Ninety % of the commercially grown naranjilla exist in a fifteen mile area in the valley and adjacent hillsides of the Pastaza River, Ecuador, a tributary of the Amazon. I have never eaten the fruits but the drink is delicious. Photographed in Quetzal Valley in San Gerardo de Dota, San Jos Province at ca. 2,195 m (7,200 ft) in the Cordillera de Talamancas, Costa Rica.
