susumber

Meaning

Noun

• Solanum torvum (species), a bushy, spiny perennial plant: the wild eggplant.
• The edible, though sometimes poisonous, fruit (berry / bean) of this plant.

Related

Similar words

• see wild eggplant

Origin

• Perhaps related to Ewe susruba and/or sū́sùmɛ, sū́sumɛ (an aromatic soup-plant, sometimes identified as Solanum torvum or another Solanum) or Twi Akan nsusuaa (a kind of pot-herb; related to nsu?) + mma.