Solanum ovigerum

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Easter eggplant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: S. ovigerum
Binomial name
Solanum ovigerum Dunal

Solanum ovigerum or Easter White Eggplant is a plant of Solanaceae family, related to aubergine (S. melongena). The stem and leafstalks are green, or very faintly tinged with purple, and bear a few white spines. Leaves are wavy at the edges. Flowers are lilac. It is recognized by its oblong fruit, also grown as an ornamental plant, for covering walls or trellises

S. ovigerum as described by Dunal^[1] is not the Easter-Eggplant, S. ovigerum resembles blue witch nightshade. Further genetic tests are being performed to distinguish the true phylogeny of this hybrid.

External links

• http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/ARN_AUD/AUBERGINE_diminutive_of_Fr_aube.html
• http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MV061
• Solanaceae in stamps

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References

1. ^ http://linnaeus.nrm.se/botany/fbo/s/solan/solaovi.html.en