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Taxon:  Solanum melongena L.



Summary
Genus:
Solanum
Subgenus:
Leptostemonum
Section:
Melongena
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Nomen number:
101312
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:186. 1753
Verified:
12/02/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
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Common names
English
aubergine –
brinjal eggplant –
eggplant –
French
aubergine –
béringène –
mélongène –
German
Aubergine –
Eierfrucht –
Italian
maranziana –
melanzana –
mulignana –
petrociana –
Japanese Rōmaji
nasu –
Portuguese
berinjela –
Spanish
berenjena –
Swedish
aubergin –
Transcribed Chinese
qie –
Transcribed Korean
gaji –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    widely cult.
4Naturalized    sometimes natzd.
6Other    probable independent origins in s. & e. Asia
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized (sometimes natzd.)
Other (probable independent origins in s. & e. Asia)
Economic Uses
Human food
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Kingsbury) –


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