Easter eggplant facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Easter eggplant |
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Solanum
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S. ovigerum
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| Solanum ovigerum Dunal
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Easter eggplant is a plant of the nightshade 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.
Images for kids
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Closeup of flower
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A developing fruit
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Long purple eggplants
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Varieties of Solanum melongena from the Japanese Seikei Zusetsu agricultural encyclopedia
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White eggplant compared to two chicken eggs
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Illustration of an eggplant (upper picture) in a 1717 manuscript of a work by the thirteenth-century Persian Zakariya al-Qazwini.
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Illustrations of an eggplant from a possibly fifteenth-century French manuscript of a work by Matthaeus Platearius. The word melonge, below the illustration, has a blue initial M-.
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Three cultivars of eggplant, showing size, shape, and color differences
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Segmented purple eggplant
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Chinese yúxiāng-qiézi (fish-fragrance eggplants)
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Philippine tortang talong, an eggplant omelette made from grilled skinned eggplants
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Philippine ensaladang talong, a salad on grilled and skinned green eggplant
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Philippine rellenong talong, a variant of tortang talong stuffed with ground meat and various vegetables
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Brinjal masala fry
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Brinjal and mango sambar
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Almagro eggplant
See also
In Spanish: Solanum melongena para niños
