Product Report for Naga Tree Tomato

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TOMATO -Package of Practices ofSome Indigenous Fruits and
in NAGALAND, Soonsored bv - World Bank
Boom in Nagaland, Dr K.G.Karmakar, Managing Director and
.D.Banerjee, Deputy, General Manager, NABARD, H.O, Mumbai
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Evaluation Report On Horticulture Development Programme in Wokha
District (Nagaland), ByThe Directorate of Evaluation, Government of
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M/s Naga Indigerous Foods ir an initiativ e wohing iu cdlaboatioD witb Nega tribal villsge
PRODI'CIS larmers, acr6athe State ofNagalald in Noth East lodia, right e tbe bdiler with MyaaDar.
All cultiv ations u 8e agrnic m ethodr of iD diSenous t.ibrl Practices.
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Th e obj ectiv e is to prov id€ sustain.blc E 8rk€ts fo tribrl v illage ftrpers who ctill practice
GEOGNAPHY/ traditional m argitral farmittt on { dubsist€nce sclle' Selected products arc bdrtht ft@ the
HISIORY v illage hrm ers after m aking prior agreem etrts witb tbe v illage autbcities and the {armers
themselves. Thesc products are brqrtht to a ceDttal gcdorvE whete cleaDiES, *sndardizati@
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ABOT'T IT; TheTr€e Tot[ato, knowa locally as "si BiDy ano', literally TrecTmato, ha6 bee! a traditiosl
food item of the NaSa pecple silee time immemorial. This
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tolnato is used like any other tomato in prepalation of food.
]€IWORK A lot of pe@le, bowever, prefer tohave it as part of tbei!
"chutDey" or picklewhich usually accornpanied a Naga
GIOGNAPHY/ meal. what isinterestiDg isthat thisveSetable fruit goes
HISIORY very well as a conbinatidr with the Naga King Chilli.
SoneNagas alsocall it (hwiidi, sitDiting that it ispart d
oolfrAcr us the egg plant family ! whether this is true or Dot, of course,
is a matter for 6cieotific study. what is interestiBg isthat som€ people from other parts ofthe
cotl|t{ENn; worlil also seem to think it i5 not part of the tomatofamily.
The fruit was known as "tree tomato' until 1967, ln that y€ar New Zealand, which had becone
a co!!trt ercial producilg coultry ofthe ftuit, named it 'TaDarillo' froo tbe spali6b $'ad fc
Torn ato 'amarillo" Dreaning y ellov anilthe lt{aori wad "tama' meaoint leadcr&iP. The Nerd
Zerland Tr€e Tornato Promotio!s Council did this in sder todiferentiate it from the'gardeB
tooato". But despite this, it i6 6till ktrowd as tle Tree T@ato in DGt Pads o{ the world. T}te fruit
* belongs to the solanaceae family. It6 rciertiEc name is "cy phom anilra crassicaulis/Betacea'.
The general belief is that this vegetable fruit oriSinat€d from the Andes of Pelu and surrounditrg
couDtries of South Am€lica. Holvever, mGt Nagas are cmv inced that it started here ao@g the
Nagas! Moreoi'er, accqditrg to scientists, North East tndia, aloDt witb Soutb EaEt Asia, foDsthe
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thb. Be the fr$ oriSiDal horne ofthe world's floaering plants.
of your friends. What is interestidg is that even in Notth East Inilia, matry neighbours ofNaga people doncfi
knou, about this fruit or hoi{ ii is eeten! At the same time, the Tree Tomato is said tohave been
grown quite "early' in the Nilgiri hills and i! the hills of Aasam - NagalaDd was earlier knoli'n
as Naga Hills District of AsEam - and said tobe found also in SiRim, Nepal and Bhutan.
Malaysia is the other AsiaD country llamei as a couDtry which grew this ftuit at a! early 6tc8e.
The Tree Tomrto is oval shaped and usually weiShs about r oo-15o gms. The cdolrs may differ
froln red to or.nge/yelloo to purple, Ev en the insi& colours - when yqr cut them open - may
differ. The taste too may range frorn sou! to sweet. Th€ T.merillotrer trov6to a height of 1o to
r 8 ft. (rarely as mucb as 25 ft.). The lodgdalked, dangling fruit, borne singly or iD clusters of3
to 12, is I smooth egt*haped fruit, poiuted at both eods.
Although Tamarill6 can tolerat€ a few degrees of fr6t, thry do best (and look tbeir be3t) ulder
frct.ftee conditions" Tbe plant cannd. tolerate lonS p€riods ofdrought but it also needs g@d
d.ainate alil needs protectior frdt stroD8 winds. It is Selerally colsidered as pest+ee'
The fauit is rich ir vitamins A and C as w€ll as aD excellent s€nrrce of calcium, iron, potassium,
pho6ph orous and m atDesium. Naturally, it helps iD controlling high blood pressure and to brin6
down cholesterol levels, Some people also believe that it helps to l6e weight.
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