Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Asteranae > Order Solanales > Family Solanaceae > Genus Solanum

Solanum melongena L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Solanum*	L.	accepted genus name
*Solanum abutiloides*	(Griseb.) Bitter & Lillo	taxonomically included in
*Solanum adventitium*	Polg.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum aethiopicum*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum alatum*	Moench	taxonomically included in
*Solanum albicaule*	Dunal	taxonomically included in
*Solanum americanum*	Mill.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum aviculare*	G. Forst.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum bonariense*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum capsicoides*	All.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum carense*	Dunal	taxonomically included in
*Solanum carolinense*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum chenopodioides*	Lam.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum chrysotrichum*	Schltdl.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum citrullifolium*	A. Braun	taxonomically included in
*Solanum coagulans*	Forssk.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum dulcamara*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum elaeagnifolium*	Cav.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum fastigiatum*	Willd.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum giganteum*	Jacq.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum gracile*	W. H. Baxter	taxonomically included in
*Solanum heterodoxum*	Dunal	taxonomically included in
*Solanum hispidum*	Pers.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum incanum*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum kitagawae*	Schönb.-Tem.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum laciniatum*	Aiton	taxonomically included in
*Solanum laxum*	Spreng.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum lidii*	Sunding	taxonomically included in
*Solanum linnaeanum*	Hepper & P.-M. L. Jaeger	taxonomically included in
*Solanum marginatum*	L. f.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum mauritianum*	Scop.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum melanocerasum*	All.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum melongena*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum microcarpum*	(Pers.) Vahl	taxonomically included in
*Solanum nava*	Webb & Berthel.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum nigrum*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum nitidibaccatum*	Bitter	taxonomically included in
*Solanum patens*	Lowe	taxonomically included in
*Solanum persicum*	Willd.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum pseudocapsicum*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum pygmaeum*	Cav.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum reflexum*	Schrank	taxonomically included in
*Solanum retroflexum*	Dunal	taxonomically included in
*Solanum robustum*	H. Wendl.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum rostratum*	Dunal	taxonomically included in
*Solanum sarachoides*	Sendtn.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum scabrum*	Mill.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum seaforthianum*	Andrews	taxonomically included in
*Solanum sinaicum*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum sisymbriifolium*	Lam.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum surattense*	Burm. f.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum tectum*	Pers.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum torreyi*	A. Gray	taxonomically included in
*Solanum torvum*	Sw.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum transcaucasicum*	Pojark.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum triflorum*	Nutt.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum trisectum*	Dunal	taxonomically included in
*Solanum tuberosum*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum ulugurense*	Holub	taxonomically included in
*Solanum vespertilio*	Aiton	taxonomically included in
*Solanum viarum*	Dunal	taxonomically included in
*Solanum villosum*	Mill.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum virgatum*	Lam.	taxonomically included in
*Solanum woronowii*	Pojark.	taxonomically included in
*Normania*	Lowe	synonym
*Nycterium*	Vent.	synonym

Species group names

*Solanum esculentum*	Dunal	synonym
*Solanum ovigerum*	Dunal	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Aragonese: alberchina; albergena; alberjena; alberxina; berengena sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Asturian: berenjena sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Basque: alberjinia; berengena sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Catalan: albarginiera; albergines; albergínia; alberginiera; albergínies; alberginyera; aubergínia; auberginiera; bargines; berginiera; obreginiera sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Finnish: (pata)munakoiso sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

High Aragonese: berenjena sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Majorcan: abarginera; albergínia; aubarginiera; oberginia; oberginiera sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Portuguese: alberginia; alberginiera; asberginia; auberginia; belingela; berengela; berginiera; beringela; beringella; berinjeleira; bringela; bringella; oberginia sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Spanish, Castillian: alberengena; berengena; berengena común; berengena de forma de huevo; berengena morisca, pequeña y redonda; berengenas; berenjena; berenjenas; bergejena; melongena; merenjenas; papas; yerba del huevo sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Swedish: aubergin sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS