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Taxon:
Solanum aethiopicum
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Solanum
Subgenus:
Leptostemonum
Section:
Melongena
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Nomen number:
100448
Place of publication:
Cent. pl. II:10. 1756 (Amoen. acad. 4:307. 1759)
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36017975
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
11/22/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Solanum gilo
Raddi
Solanum gilo
Raddi var.
gilo
Solanum gilo
Raddi var.
pierreanum
(Pailleux & Bois) Bitter
Solanum integrifolium
Poir.
Solanum naumannii
Engl.
Solanum pierreanum
Pailleux & Bois
Solanum sudanense
Hammerstein
Solanum zuccagnianum
Dunal
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Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Collonnier, C. et al.
2001. Applications of biotechnology in eggplant. Pl. Cell Tissue Organ Cult. 65:91-107.
Daunay, M. C. et al.
1993. Production and characterization of fertile somatic hybrids of eggplant (
Solanum melongena
L.) with
Solanum aethiopicum
L. Theor. Appl. Genet. 85:841-850.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
URL:
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Solanum+aethiopicum&quantity=1
Hawkes, J. G. et al., eds.
1991. Solanaceae III: taxonomy, chemistry, evolution 397.
Hepper, F. N. & P.-M. L. Jaeger.
1985. The typification of six Linnaean names in
Solanum
. Kew Bull. 40:387-391.
Note:
typification
Humbert, J.-H., ed.
1936-. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores.
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Lester, R. N. & L. Niakan.
1986. Origin and domestication of the scarlet eggplant,
Solanum aethiopicum
, from
S. anguivi
in Africa. Solanaceae: biology and systematics 433-456.
Lester, R. N.
1986. Taxonomy of scarlet eggplant,
Solanum aethiopicum
L. Acta Hort. 182:125-132.
Levin, R. A. et al.
2006. Phylogenetic relationships among the "spiny solanums"
Solanum
subgenus
Leptostemonum
, Solanaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 93:157-169.
URL:
http://www.amjbot.org
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Mutlu, N. et al.
2008. Development of SRAP, SRAP-RGA, RAPD and SCAR markers linked with a
Fusarium
wilt resistance gene in eggplant. Theor. Appl. Genet. 117:1303-1312.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
PBI Solanum Project.
Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/solanaceaesource/
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Solanum_eggplants.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Rotino, G. L. et al.
2005. Current status in production and utilization of dihaploids from somatic hybrids between eggplant (
Solanum melongena
L.) and its wild relatives. Acta Physiol. Pl. 27:723-733.
Weese, T. L. & L. Bohs.
2010. Eggplant origins: out of Africa, into the Orient. Taxon 59:49-56.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
Chinese scarlet eggplant –
Reference(s)
gilo –
Reference(s)
kumba –
Reference(s)
scarlet eggplant –
Reference(s)
shum –
Reference(s)
tomato-fruit eggplant –
Reference(s)
French
aubergine amère –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
jilo –
Reference(s)
Swedish
röd aubergin –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
Africa
Africa
Cultivated
Africa
REGION:
Africa
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
fruit
Lester, R. N. & L. Niakan.
1986. Origin and domestication of the scarlet eggplant,
Solanum aethiopicum
, from
S. anguivi
in Africa. Solanaceae: biology and systematics 433-456.
Human food
vegetable
Lester, R. N. & L. Niakan.
1986. Origin and domestication of the scarlet eggplant,
Solanum aethiopicum
, from
S. anguivi
in Africa. Solanaceae: biology and systematics 433-456.
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References