date:Apr 02, 2019
the Tenyidie dialect which translates to 'tree tomato'. The fruit looks a lot like tomato, but bears an egg-like shape. With over 30 species around the world, the Naga tree tomato is also called tamarillo. It was given the GI number 374 between April 2014 and March 2015.
Jerry Patton, deputy director of horticulture, stated that the Naga tree tomato is a traditional food item of the Naga people and is well established and distributed all over Naga Hills, and is grown in the districts of Kohima,