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Taxon:  Solanum aethiopicum L.



Summary
Genus:
Solanum
Subgenus:
Leptostemonum
Section:
Melongena
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Nomen number:
100448
Place of publication:
Cent. pl. II:10. 1756 (Amoen. acad. 4:307. 1759)
Verified:
11/22/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Solanum gilo Raddi
Solanum gilo Raddi var. pierreanum (Pailleux & Bois) Bitter
Solanum integrifolium Poir.
Solanum naumannii Engl.
Solanum pierreanum Pailleux & Bois
Solanum sudanense Hammerstein
Solanum zuccagnianum Dunal
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Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Collonnier, C. et al. 2001. Applications of biotechnology in eggplant. Pl. Cell Tissue Organ Cult. 65:91-107.
  3. Daunay, M. C. et al. 1993. Production and characterization of fertile somatic hybrids of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) with Solanum aethiopicum L.. Theor. Appl. Genet. 85:841-850. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
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  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Solanum+aethiopicum&quantity=1
  6. Hawkes, J. G. et al., eds. Solanaceae III: taxonomy, chemistry, evolution. 1991 397.
  7. Hepper, F. N. & P.-M. L. Jaeger. 1985. The typification of six Linnaean names in Solanum. Kew Bull. 40:387-391. Note: typification
  8. Humbert, J.-H., ed. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores. 1936-
  9. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  10. Lester, R. N. & L. Niakan. 1986. Origin and domestication of the scarlet eggplant, Solanum aethiopicum, from S. anguivi in Africa. Solanaceae: biology and systematics. 1986 433-456.
  11. Lester, R. N. 1986. Taxonomy of scarlet eggplant, Solanum aethiopicum L.. Acta Hort. 182:125-132.
  12. Levin, R. A. et al. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships among the "spiny solanums" Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum, Solanaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 93:157-169. http://www.amjbot.org
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  17. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  18. Rotino, G. L. et al. 2005. Current status in production and utilization of dihaploids from somatic hybrids between eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) and its wild relatives. Acta Physiol. Pl. 27:723-733.
  19. Weese, T. L. & L. Bohs. 2010. Eggplant origins: out of Africa, into the Orient. Taxon 59:49-56. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
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Common names
English
Chinese scarlet eggplant –
gilo –
kumba –
scarlet eggplant –
shum –
tomato-fruit eggplant –
French
aubergine amère –
Portuguese (Brazil)
jilo –
Swedish
röd aubergin –
Distribution
Cultivated
Africa
  • REGION: Africa
Economic Uses
Human food
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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