Solanum melongena var. melongena L.

 
  • Family : SOLANACEAE
    (Nightshade Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Solanaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Solanum oviferum Nocca; Solanum ovigerum Dunal
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Solanum melongena L.
  • Common name : Asian Eggplant, Brinjal, Egg plant, Jew's apple, Tropical Eggplant
  • Vernacular name :
    • Vanga (Telugu)
    • Badne kaai (Kannada)
    • Wanga (Marathi)
    • Aanakomban-vazhuthina, Kathirikka, Vazhuthina (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Widely cultivated
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated for fuits
  • Key identification features : Undershrubs, bushy, more or less prickly; younger parts densely tomentose; Leaves elliptic, subentire or shallowly lobed, glabrescent to sparsely stellate-pubescent; Flowers solitary or several in cymes, blue; Fruits large, globose or elongate, violet green, rarely white.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Mauritius, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Réunion, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Tropics of the World
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 207
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Solanum melongena var. melongena. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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