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Eggplant
Eggplant
Solanum melongena
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical
Range
South Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
Uncommon

About

A tropical perennial grown worldwide as an annual crop, eggplant produces glossy berries ranging from deep purple to white; the name 'eggplant' comes from small white cultivars whose unripe fruit closely resembles a hen's egg.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum
Species
Solanum melongena