Solanum melongena
A species in the Solanaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Solanales
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
- Species
- Solanum melongena
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Solanum melongena. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
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- Melongena esculentaName author: (Dunal) Grecescu
- Melongena incurvaName author: Mill.
- Melongena ovataName author: Mill.
- Melongena spinosaName author: Mill.
- Melongena teresName author: Mill.
- Solanum aethiopicum var. violaceumName author: Dunal
- Solanum albumName author: Noronha
- Solanum albumName author: Lour.
- Solanum album var. richardiiName author: Dunal
- Solanum album var. rumphiiName author: Dunal
- Solanum eduleName author: Schumach. & Thonn.
- Solanum edule var. eduleName author: Not supplied
- Solanum edule var. multifidumName author: Dunal
- Solanum esculentumName author: Dunal
- Solanum esculentum var. aculeatumName author: Dunal
- Solanum esculentum var. inermeName author: Dunal
- Solanum esculentum var. subinermeName author: Dunal
- Solanum lagenariumName author: Dunal
- Solanum longumName author: Roxb.
- Solanum longumName author: Roxb. ex Wall.
- Solanum melanoxylonName author: Link
- Solanum melongena subsp. agresteName author: Dikii
- Solanum melongena subsp. agrestisName author: Filov
- Solanum melongena subsp. melongenaName author: Not supplied
- Solanum melongena subsp. meridionaleName author: Filov
- Solanum melongena subsp. orientaleName author: Filov
- Solanum melongena subsp. subspontaneumName author: Filov
- Solanum melongena var. americanumName author: Filov
- Solanum melongena var. angustumName author: Dikii
- Solanum melongena var. arabicumName author: Filov
- Solanum melongena var. azerbaijanicumName author: Filov
- Solanum melongena var. bulgaricumName author: Filov
- Solanum melongena var. cylindricumName author: Dikii
- Solanum melongena var. esculentumName author: (Dunal) Walp.
- Solanum melongena var. europaeumName author: Filov
- Solanum melongena var. giganteumName author: (Alef.) Dikii
- Solanum melongena var. globosiName author: Dikii
- Solanum melongena var. inermeName author: (Dunal) Hiern
- Solanum melongena var. leucojumName author: Alef.
- Solanum melongena var. leucoumName author: (Alef.) Dikii
- Solanum melongena var. melongenaName author: Not supplied
- Solanum melongena var. ovigeraName author: Pers.
- Solanum melongena var. palestinicumName author: Filov
- Solanum melongena var. pekinenseName author: Filov
- Solanum melongena var. racemiflorumName author: Dikii
- Solanum melongena var. racemosumName author: Dikii
- Solanum melongena var. racemosumName author: Filov
- Solanum melongena var. stenoidesName author: Alef.
- Solanum melongena var. stenoleucumName author: (Alef.) Dikii
- Solanum melongena var. variegatumName author: (Alef.) Dikii
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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