Which edible solanaceae fruits will ripen after they've been picked, besides domestic tomatoes? I already know tomatoes will ripen off the vine. I heard that tomatillos or some such won't. So, that's what sparked this question.
Here's a list of notable edible fruits to consider in the solanaceae family. If I'm missing any notable ones, feel free to let me know. By notable, I mean, you can easily buy their seeds online, or else they're pretty common somewhere. Potatoes aren't listed because I'm only asking about fruits (in the botanical sense of the word 'fruit'), though.
- Capsicum annuum (a pepper species, which includes sweet peppers, jalapenos and several others)
- Capsicum baccatum (a pepper species)
- Capsicum chinense (a pepper species)
- Capsicum frutescens (a pepper species)
- Capsicum pubescens (a pepper species, which includes rocoto peppers)
- Tomatillos
- Lycium barbarum Goji berries
- Lycium chinense Goji berries
- Ground cherries
- Eggplants
- Litchi tomatoes (these aren't tomatoes, despite the name, although they may have a similar appearance and somewhat similar flavor, mixed with a cherry flavor, they say)
- Pepino melons
- Naranjilla
- Tamarillo
- Solanum cheesmaniae (a species of wild tomato)
- Solanum galapagense (a species of wild tomato)
- Solanum pimpinellifolium (a species of wild tomato)
The above are mostly what I want to know about (those are all solanaceae fruits that you can actually buy seeds for online pretty easily), but if you like, feel free to tell me about as many other solanaceae fruits as come to mind, such as these:
- Ethiopian eggplant (this is not simply an eggplant variety)
- Tzimbalo
- Australian desert raisin (kutjera)
- Any of the other wild tomato species (I don't mean feral varieties of domestic tomatoes that people call wild)
- Any of the other species of peppers (or any species belonging to the capsicum genus)
