Details for: PI 115505, Solanum melongena L., GIANT OF BENARES

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Solanum melongena L.

Top Name:

GIANT OF BENARES

Origin:

Collected – Maharashtra, India

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

29 Apr 1936

PI Assigned:

1936

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

127
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	50 count		PI 115505 01 SD

Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)

Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Solanum melongena L.

Top Name:

GIANT OF BENARES

Origin:

Collected – Maharashtra, India

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

29 Apr 1936

PI Assigned:

1936

Source History

Collected

Maharashtra, India
Locality: Selected by local seedsman from a northern variety (Poona ?)

Collector(s):

Koelz, Walter Norman, USDA-Bureau of Plant Industry

Donated

29 April 1936.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):

Koelz, Walter Norman, USDA-Bureau of Plant Industry

Accession Names and Identifiers

GIANT OF BENARES

Type: Unverified name

340

Type: Collector identifier

Narrative

A strain selected by a local seedsman from a northern variety. Said to grow to 3lbs.

Solanum melongena L.

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Leptostemonum

Section:

Melongena

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

101312

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:186. 1753

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358205

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

12/02/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Solanum ovigerum Dunal

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	aubergine	1	Lester, R. N. & S. M. Z. Hasan. 1991. Origin and domestication of the Brinjal egg-plant, Solanum melongena, from S. incanum, in Africa and Asia. In: Hawkes, J. G. et al., eds., Solanaceae III: taxonomy, chemistry, evolution 369-387.
English	brinjal eggplant	1	Lester, R. N. 1986. Taxonomy of scarlet eggplant, Solanum aethiopicum L. Acta Hort. 182:126-127.
English	eggplant	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	aubergine	2	Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
French	béringène	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	mélongène	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Aubergine	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Eierfrucht	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	maranziana	2	Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
Italian	melanzana	2	Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
Italian	mulignana	2	Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
Italian	petrociana	2	Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
Japanese Rōmaji	nasu	2	Batra, L. R. 1995. Names of Japanese plants sorted by their Japanese names in Romanized Katakana and scientific nomenclature
Portuguese	berinjela	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	berenjena	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	aubergin	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	qie	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean	gaji	2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
DISEASE	VERTICILLIUM WILT	Results of screening for resistance to Verticillium alboatrum (Reinke & Berth). Recorded by S.W. Braverman (Science and Education) at Geneva, NY.	9 - SUSCEPTIBLE	S9.EGGPLANT	PI 115505 01 SD
GROWTH	PLANT HEIGHT	PLANT HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS	65	S9.EGGPLANT.CORE.98		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	COROLLA COLOR	COROLLA COLOR	4 - WHITE WITH PURPLE STRIPES	S9.EGGPLANT.CORE.98		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER HABIT	NUMBER OF FLOWERS PER AXIL	1 - FLOWERS BORNE SINGLY	S9.EGGPLANT.CORE.98		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT DIAMETER	FRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS	9	S9.EGGPLANT.CORE.98		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT LENGTH	FRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS	12	S9.EGGPLANT.CORE.98		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SHAPE	GENERAL FRUIT SHAPE	5 - OVAL	S9.EGGPLANT.CORE.98		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SURFACE	FRUIT SURFACE TEXTURE	1 - SMOOTH	S9.EGGPLANT.CORE.98		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	IMMATURE COLOR	COLOR OF IMMATURE FRUIT	6 - STRIATED, LIGHT GREEN ON GREEN	S9.EGGPLANT.CORE.98		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT COLOR_PHY	FRUIT COLOR AT PHYSIOLOGICAL MATURITY	0 - MIXED	S9.EGGPLANT.CORE.98		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SPINES	SPINE DENSITY	1 - NO SPINES	S9.EGGPLANT.CORE.98		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT COLOR_COM	FRUIT COLOR AT COMMERCIAL RIPENESS	7 - PURPLE	S9.EGGPLANT.CORE.98		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT CALYX	AVERAGE NUMBER OF PRICKLES PER CALYX ON A FRUIT	0 - MIXED	S9.EGGPLANT.CORE.98		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT POSITION	FRUIT POSITION	9 - PENDANT	S9.EGGPLANT.CORE.98		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	LEAF BLADE LOBING	LEAF BLADE LOBING	5 - INTERMEDIATE	S9.EGGPLANT.CORE.98		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	LEAF BLADE COLOR	LEAF BLADE COLOR, UPPER SURFACE	2 - INTERMEDIATE	S9.EGGPLANT.CORE.98		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PLANT GROWTH HABIT	GROWTH HABIT OF THE PLANT	7 - PROSTRATE	S9.EGGPLANT.CORE.98		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	LEAF PUBESCENCE	LEAF PUBESCENCE	2 - PUBESCENT	S9.EGGPLANT	PI 115505 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	LEAF PUBESCENCE	LEAF PUBESCENCE	2 - PUBESCENT	S9.EGGPLANT.CORE.98		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	MATURATION	RELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION	5 - MIDSEASON	S9.EGGPLANT.CORE.98		Not Available
SUBSET	CORE SUBSET	A flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subset	Y - YES, ACCESSION IS PART OF THE CORE	EGGPLANT.CORE		Not Available
SUBSET	Image	Image present in GRIN database	HARVESTED-FRUIT - Image of harvested fruit	SOLANUM.IMAGE.1998		Not Available