EPPO Global Database

Solanum melongena(SOLME)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-04-23

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: SOLME
  • Preferred name: Solanum melongena
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Native to Indochina, Malesia (Malaya), China. Cultivated as a vegetable practically worldwide. Introduced in Central Asia, Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Zaïre.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Solanum melongena var. esculentum (Dunal) Nees
Solanum melongena var. inerme (de Candolle) Hiern
Solanum melongena var. melongena Linnaeus

Common names
Name
Language
solane Albanian
патладжан Bulgarian
albergínia Catalan
qié Chinese
Chinese
patlidžan Croatian
baklažán Czech
lilek vejcoplodý Czech
patlažán Czech
aubergine Danish
aubergine Dutch
eierplant Dutch
aubergine English
brinjal English
eggplant English
baklažaan Estonian
munakoiso Finnish
aubergine French
Aubergine German
Eierfrucht German
Eierpflanze German
Melanzani German
μελιτζάνα Greek
baigan Hindi
बैगन Hindi
padlizsán Hungarian
tojásgyümölcs Hungarian
terung Indonesian
maranziana Italian
melanzana Italian
mulignana Italian
petrociana Italian
nasu Japanese
ナス Japanese
ga ji Korean
가지 Korean
sēklas Latvian
baklažanai Lithuanian
baklažanas Lithuanian
psianka podłużna Polish
berenjena Portuguese
beringela Portuguese
vînăta Romanian
баклажан Russian
бклажан обыкновенный Russian
демьянка Russian
паслён баклажан Russian
синенькие Russian
модри патлиџан Serbian
плави патлиџан Serbian
baklažán vajcoplodý Slovak
jajčevec Slovene
melancana Slovene
berengena Spanish
berenjena Spanish
biringani Swahili
aubergin Swedish
äggplanta Swedish
patlıcan Turkish
баклажан синій Ukrainian