Eggplant
Solanum melongena L.
Genus Solanum. Family Solanaceae.
Photo: Валерия Куделя
Description
A perennial herbaceous plant 40 to 150 cm tall. The flowers are bisexual and violet, blooming from July to September. The fruit is a large berry, round, pear-shaped or cylindrical. Eggplants are widely used in cooking: boiled, fried, baked, stewed, grilled and pickled.Wikipedia
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