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Solanum macrocarpon - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Accra, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Solanum macrocarpon - Flowers, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flowers, side view; Accra, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Solanum macrocarpon - Ripening fruit - Click to enlarge!

Ripening fruit; Accra, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Solanum macrocarpon - Habit, growing as vegetable - Click to enlarge!

Habit, growing as vegetable; Accra, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 947
Date of entry: 09.10.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: African eggplant

German: Afrikanische Aubergine

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Solanales (99)

        Family: Solanaceae (51)(family description)

          Genus: Solanum (24)

            Epithet: macrocarpon L. (2)

macrocarpon => bearing large fruit

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: pink, white

External links

Check for Solanum macrocarpon at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI
  • [1188] Solanum - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database

Literature

  • [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.

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