Eggplant - Wikipedia
There is no consensus about the place of origin of eggplant; the plant species has been described as native to South Asia, [15] [16] where it continues to grow wild, or Africa. [17] It has been cultivated in southern and eastern Asia since prehistory.
The History of Eggplant - Garden.org
Eggplant is a member of the nightshade family, the same as tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco and belladonna. Eye drops derived from belladonna (also called deadly nightshade) were used by fashionable women to make their eyes appear larger.
Eggplant Domestication History and Genealogy - ThoughtCo
2019年5月30日 · Eggplant is believed to have been brought to the attention of the Middle East, Africa and the West by Arabic traders along the Silk Road, beginning around the 6th century AD.
Tracing the evolution of the aubergine - Natural History Museum
2018年8月30日 · Researchers from the Museum and the University of Helsinki have now discovered that a single event gave rise to two distinct lineages of the plant. One is an African group of species and the other is the wild forerunner of the domesticated aubergine, also known as the eggplant.
World Vegetable Center Eggplant Collection: Origin,
2017年8月25日 · All three cultivated eggplant species have the Old World in origin (Figure (Figure1). 1). The Old World (Africa and Eurasia) and Australia, are home to more than 300 Solanum species (Levin et al., 2006; Vorontsova and Knapp, 2016).
The eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), also known as au-bergine or brinjal, has been cultivated for centuries in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Near East and is currently a crop spe-cies of global importance.
How Eggplant Got its Name - Fine Gardening
Food historians have traced eggplants to their origins in either India or China. Some records show that eggplants were cultivated as early as 50 BCE. Travelers carried the fruit west to Europe, then eventually it arrived in America, thanks to Thomas Jefferson bringing seeds back from France.
Eggplant | Organic, Heirloom, Cooking | Britannica
2024年9月13日 · Eggplant, (Solanum melongena), tender perennial plant of the nightshade family (Solanaceae), grown for its edible fruits. Eggplant requires a warm climate and has been cultivated in its native Southeast Asia since remote antiquity. A staple in cuisines of the Mediterranean region, eggplant figures.
How eggplants became Asian: Genomes and elephants tell the …
2018年8月28日 · Historical documents and genetic data have shown that the eggplant was first domesticated in Asia, but most of its wild relatives are from Africa. Researchers managed to obtain the first...
How Eggplants became Asian – genomes and elephants tell the …
2018年8月27日 · The team obtained a well-supported hypothesis on the origin of the eggplant and its wild relatives, and showed how a single event gave rise to two lineages, one comprising an African group of species and the other the wild progenitor of the domesticated eggplant.