Taxon:
Solanum macrocarpon L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Mant. pl. 2:205. 1771
Verified:
12/02/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
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Common names
English
African eggplant – gboma – gboma eggplant – French
anghive – aubergine africaine – aubergine gboma – gboma – grosse anghive – German
afrikanische Aubergine – Portuguese
beringela-africana – berinjela-africana – Swedish
afrikansk äggört –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Burkina Faso | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Togo | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Central America | Central America | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
6 | Other | | | | | probable origin w. Africa |
Cultivated
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Uganda
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Asia-Tropical
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
West Indies, Dominican Republic
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Central America
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Suriname
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
Other
(probable origin w. Africa)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | fruit | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.prota4u.info/ |
Human food | vegetable | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.prota4u.info/ |