Details for: PI 424860, Solanum aethiopicum L., Gilo

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Solanum aethiopicum L.

Top Name:

Gilo

Origin:

Collected – Brazil

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

25 Jan 1978

PI Assigned:

1978

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

186
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	50 count		PI 424860 01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Solanum aethiopicum L.

Top Name:

Gilo

Origin:

Collected – Brazil

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

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

Gilo

Type: Local name

W-2022

Type: Collector identifier

HW 0178

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Donated by Balbino Joaquim Ferreira (near Castro Alves). Herb to 1 m tall. Fruits obovate, pointed, light red. Used in cooking.

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)

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36017975

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

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

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	Chinese scarlet eggplant	as Solanum integrifolium	1	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: as Solanum integrifolium
English	gilo		1	Lester, 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.
English	kumba		1	Lester, 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.
English	scarlet eggplant		1	Lester, R. N. 1986. Taxonomy of scarlet eggplant, Solanum aethiopicum L. Acta Hort. 182:125-132.
English	shum		1	Lester, 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.
English	tomato-fruit eggplant	as Solanum integrifolium	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: as Solanum integrifolium
French	aubergine amère		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	jilo		2	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Swedish	röd aubergin		2	Aldén, 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.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
GROWTH	PLANT HEIGHT	PLANT HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS	100	S9.EGGPLANT	PI 424860 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	COROLLA COLOR	COROLLA COLOR	1 - WHITE	S9.EGGPLANT	PI 424860 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER HABIT	NUMBER OF FLOWERS PER AXIL	5 - FLOWERS BORNE VARIABLY	S9.EGGPLANT	PI 424860 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT DIAMETER	FRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS	3	S9.EGGPLANT	PI 424860 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT LENGTH	FRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS	6	S9.EGGPLANT	PI 424860 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SHAPE	GENERAL FRUIT SHAPE	2 - OBLATE	S9.EGGPLANT	PI 424860 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SURFACE	FRUIT SURFACE TEXTURE	1 - SMOOTH	S9.EGGPLANT	PI 424860 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	IMMATURE COLOR	COLOR OF IMMATURE FRUIT	3 - DARK GREEN	S9.EGGPLANT	PI 424860 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT COLOR_PHY	FRUIT COLOR AT PHYSIOLOGICAL MATURITY	4 - RED	S9.EGGPLANT	PI 424860 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	SPINES	SPINE DENSITY	1 - NO SPINES	S9.EGGPLANT	PI 424860 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	LEAF PUBESCENCE	LEAF PUBESCENCE	2 - PUBESCENT	S9.EGGPLANT	PI 424860 01 SD
PHENOLOGY	MATURATION	RELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION	5 - MIDSEASON	S9.EGGPLANT	PI 424860 01 SD
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.2006		Not Available