Solanum melongena L.

  • Filed As

    Solanaceae
    Solanum melongena L.

  • Collector(s)

    E. D. Merrill 623, Jan 1914

  • Location

    Philippines. Rizal. From Antipolo.

  • Description

    Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Collection Notes

    [Collector indicated on label as:] "Merrill."; "Species Blancoanae"; [The collection site and date information given in this record were provided on an additional label associated with the sheet.]

  • Specimen Notes

    [Information from an additional label associated with the sheet:] "Illustrative specimen."

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00828193

    Occurrence ID: a9dae4d2-c725-46c6-b6a4-4feaccd7a5b0

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Solanales

  • Family

    Solanaceae

  • All Determinations

    Solanum melongena L.
    Note: "Solanum melongena Linn. This Linnaean species was correctly interpreted by Blanco. It occurs in the Philippines only as a cultivated plant and, judging from its native name, talong, is undoubtedly of prehistoric introduction into the Archipelago."; ! M. Nee, 2007 ; ! S. Knapp, 2012

  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Rizal

  • Locality

    From Antipolo.

  • Location Notes

    [The name given in this record as the country was not specified as such on the label, but was inferred from the label's locality data.]

  • Distribution

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    No botanical uses.

SOLANUM Linnaeus
SOLANUM MELONGENA Lidn.; Blanco Ft Füip. (1837) 135; ed. 2 (1845)
? 96; ed. 3, 1 (1877) .177, L 265.	****** Tt
The Linnean species was correctly interpreted by B *
OCCürs in the Philippines only as a cultivated plant and, ju ging
from its native name, talong, is undoubtedly of prehistoric in-
troduction into the Archipelago,	#
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, L z ,
January, 1914 {Merrill: Species Blancoange No. 623) .
Systematic Studies in Solanaceae
Solanum melongena L.
Det. Sandra Knapp BM 2012
The New York Botanical Garden
Solanum melanina L.
det. M. Nee, 2007
tx x. :
SPECIES	BL
683. Solanos
00828193