Orchid Habitat Loss

Naranjilla, Solanum quitoense

The species is endemic to Ecuador. Naranjilla is most abundant in Peru, Ecuador and southern Colombia. Its range
extends to the rest of Colombia and in the central and northern Andes of Venezuela and interior mountain ranges of
Costa Rica. In Ecuador, 90% of commercial naranjilla cultivation is in a 15-mile area in the valley and adjacent
hillsides of the Pastaza River, a tributary of the Amazon.


photo by Knut Eisermann (www.cayaya-birding.com)


The photo naranjilla growing half-wild in a developing secondary forest near a quetchua village near Tena where they don't
really do systematic farming of naranjilla. photo by Nikolaus Nestle


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