Details for: PI 424859, Solanum aethiopicum L., W-1790


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Solanum aethiopicum L.
Top Name:
W-1790
Origin:
Collected – Brazil
Received by NPGS:
25 Jan 1978
PI Assigned:
1978
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Seed50 countPI 424859 01 SD
 
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FRUIT

Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Solanum aethiopicum L.
Top Name:
W-1790
Origin:
Collected – Brazil
Received by NPGS:
25 Jan 1978
PI Assigned:
1978
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected

Brazil

Donated
25 January 1978.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
W-1790
Type: Collector identifier

HW 0178
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Fruit bright orange, globose to compressed-oblate with vertical creases 5 to 7 cm diameter, interior yellowish or greenish white. Seed white, rather dry. Used to flavor foods, said to reduce weight if drunk as tea.
Solanum aethiopicum L.
Genus:
Solanum
Subgenus:
Leptostemonum
Section:
Melongena
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Nomen number:

100448
Place of publication:

Cent. pl. II:10. 1756 (Amoen. acad. 4:307. 1759)
Verified:
11/22/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Solanum gilo Raddi
Solanum gilo Raddi var. gilo
Solanum gilo Raddi var. pierreanum (Pailleux & Bois) Bitter
Solanum integrifolium Poir.
Solanum naumannii Engl.
Solanum pierreanum Pailleux & Bois
Solanum sudanense Hammerstein
Solanum zuccagnianum Dunal

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishChinese scarlet eggplant as Solanum integrifolium1Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: as Solanum integrifolium
Englishgilo  1Lester, R. N. & L. Niakan. 1986. Origin and domestication of the scarlet eggplant, Solanum aethiopicum, from S. anguivi in Africa. In: D'Arcy, W. G., ed., Solanaceae: biology and systematics 433-456.
Englishkumba  1Lester, R. N. & L. Niakan. 1986. Origin and domestication of the scarlet eggplant, Solanum aethiopicum, from S. anguivi in Africa. In: D'Arcy, W. G., ed., Solanaceae: biology and systematics 433-456.
Englishscarlet eggplant  1Lester, R. N. 1986. Taxonomy of scarlet eggplant, Solanum aethiopicum L. Acta Hort. 182:125-132.
Englishshum  1Lester, R. N. & L. Niakan. 1986. Origin and domestication of the scarlet eggplant, Solanum aethiopicum, from S. anguivi in Africa. In: D'Arcy, W. G., ed., Solanaceae: biology and systematics 433-456.
Englishtomato-fruit eggplant as Solanum integrifolium1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: as Solanum integrifolium
Frenchaubergine amère  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)jilo  2McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Swedishröd aubergin  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 27 Mar 1996, from Solanum gilo Raddi to Solanum aethiopicum L.
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHPLANT HEIGHTPLANT HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS100 S9.EGGPLANTPI 424859 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYCOROLLA COLORCOROLLA COLOR1 - WHITE S9.EGGPLANTPI 424859 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYFLOWER HABITNUMBER OF FLOWERS PER AXIL3 - FLOWERS IN 1'S, 2'S AND 3'S S9.EGGPLANTPI 424859 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT DIAMETERFRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS5 S9.EGGPLANTPI 424859 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT LENGTHFRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS5 S9.EGGPLANTPI 424859 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT SHAPEGENERAL FRUIT SHAPE1 - ROUND S9.EGGPLANTPI 424859 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT SURFACEFRUIT SURFACE TEXTURE1 - SMOOTH S9.EGGPLANTPI 424859 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYIMMATURE COLORCOLOR OF IMMATURE FRUIT3 - DARK GREEN S9.EGGPLANTPI 424859 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT COLOR_PHYFRUIT COLOR AT PHYSIOLOGICAL MATURITY4 - RED S9.EGGPLANTPI 424859 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYSPINESSPINE DENSITY1 - NO SPINES S9.EGGPLANTPI 424859 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYLEAF PUBESCENCELEAF PUBESCENCE2 - PUBESCENT S9.EGGPLANTPI 424859 01 SD
PHENOLOGYMATURATIONRELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION5 - MIDSEASON S9.EGGPLANTPI 424859 01 SD
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseHARVESTED-FRUIT - Image of harvested fruit SOLANUM.IMAGE.2006 Not Available