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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- Solanum melongena var. violaceumName author: (Alef.) Dikii
- Solanum melongena var. virideName author: Dikii
- Solanum melongenumName author: St.-Lag.
- Solanum mexianumName author: Hill
- Solanum oviferumName author: Salisb.
- Solanum oviferumName author: Nocca
- Solanum ovigerumName author: Dunal
- Solanum ovigerum unranked ovigerumName author: Not supplied
- Solanum ovigerum unranked sinuatorepandumName author: Dunal
- Solanum ovigerum unranked subrepandumName author: Dunal
- Solanum ovigerum unranked violaceumName author: Dunal
- Solanum ovigerum var. albumName author: Sweet
- Solanum ovigerum var. insanumName author: Blume
- Solanum ovigerum var. luteumName author: Sweet
- Solanum ovigerum var. oblongo-cylindricumName author: Dunal
- Solanum ovigerum var. ovigerumName author: Not supplied
- Solanum ovigerum var. ruberName author: Sweet
- Solanum ovigerum var. sinuatorepandumName author: Dunal
- Solanum ovigerum var. subrepandumName author: Dunal
- Solanum ovigerum var. violaceumName author: Sweet
- Solanum ovigerum var. violaceumName author: Dunal
- Solanum pressumName author: Dunal
- Solanum pseudoundatumName author: Blume
- Solanum pseudoundatum var. albiflorumName author: Blume
- Solanum pseudoundatum var. atropurpurascensName author: Blume
- Solanum pseudoundatum var. leucocarponName author: Blume
- Solanum pseudoundatum var. pseudoundatumName author: Not supplied
- Solanum requieniiName author: Dunal
- Solanum sativumName author: Dunal
- Solanum sativum var. albiflorumName author: (Blume) Dunal
- Solanum sativum var. atropurpurascensName author: (Blume) Dunal
- Solanum sativum var. leucocarponName author: (Blume) Dunal
- Solanum sativum var. sativumName author: Not supplied
- Solanum serpentinumName author: Noronha
- Solanum serpentinumName author: Desf.
- Solanum serpentinumName author: Desf. ex Dunal
- Solanum zeylanicumName author: Scop.
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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