Solanum melongena L.

  • Filed As

    Solanaceae
    Solanum melongena L.

  • Collector(s)

    A. H. M. Jayasuriya 17104 with I. Adachi, 24 Feb 1987

  • Location

    Sri Lanka. Kasyapagama.

  • Description

    Fruit ca. 30-40 cm in length; fruit color changes from white, purple, to egg yolk yellow as matures. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00825611

    Occurrence ID: 65587e79-4e9f-4dbe-b0b8-1581f00e8280

  • Local Name

    eggplant

  • Language
    English
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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Solanales

  • Family

    Solanaceae

  • All Determinations

    Solanum melongena L. det M. H. Nee, 2007
    Note: ! S. Knapp, 2012

  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Sri Lanka

  • Locality

    Kasyapagama

  • Location Notes

    "Ceylon" [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

    Map all specimens of this taxon

    No botanical uses.

Systematic Studies in Solanaceae
Solanum melongena L.
Det. Sandra Knapp BM 2012
The New York Botanical Garden
Soh*m ‘Ke-UnyMn 4.
det M. Nee, 200?
PLANTS of CEYLON
No. 17104
Solanum sp*
Solanaceae
Egg plant; fruit ca. 30-40 cm in length;
fruit color changes from white, purple
to egg york yellow as matures.
Lot* Kasyapagama
Feb. 24, 1987
Coll. Tetstio Koyamo M. Jayasuriya and Isao Adachi
Collection made under the auspices of the Committee on U.S.-Japan
Cooperative Research® Asiatic Economic Plants.
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00825611