Easter eggplant
species of plant
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.
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| Species: | S. ovigerum
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| Solanum ovigerum | |
Other websites
change- http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/ARN_AUD/AUBERGINE_diminutive_of_Fr_aube.html Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
- http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MV061 Archived 2007-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Solanaceae in stamps Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
