金银茄是食用茄的变异，属小灌木，多年生，可盆栽也可地栽，果实可食，颜色由于座果和成熟时间不同所以有的洁白如银；有的金光灿灿，所以命名金银茄、观赏茄等。金银茄叶互生椭圆形，花五瓣；紫色黄心似五角星。初夏开花陆续座果，果呈长椭圆形，黄白相间，如金似银被人们 Gold and silver gourd is edible variation, is a small shrub, perennial, potted plants can also be planted, edible fruit, color and ripe fruit due to the different time so some as white as silver; some golden light, so named gold and silver Solanum, ornamental eggplant and so on.  silver and egg leaf alternate oval, flower five; purple yellow heart like five-pointed star. Early summer fruit seat fruit, fruit was oblong, yellow and white, such as gold like silver by people