What is Easter eggplant?
{{Taxobox | name = Easter eggplant | image = Solanum ovigerum.JPG | image_width = 240px | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | division = [[flowering plants|Tracheobionta]] | classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]] | subclassis = [[Asteridae]] | ordo = [[Solanales]] | familia = [[Solanaceae]] | genus = ''[[Solanum]]'' | species = '''''S. ovigerum''''' | binomial = ''Solanum ovigerum'' | binomial_authority = [[Michel Félix Dunal|Dunal]] }} '''Easter eggplant''' is a plant of the nightshade family, related to [[aubergine]] (=''S.melongena''). The stem and leafstalks are green, or very faintly tinged with purple, and bear a few white spines. Leaves are wavy at the edges. Flowers are lilac, it is recognized by its oblong fruit, also grown as an ornamental plant, for covering walls or trellises. == Other websites == *http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/ARN_AUD/AUBERGINE_diminutive_of_Fr_aube.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821223007/http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/ARN_AUD/AUBERGINE_diminutive_of_Fr_aube.html |date=2008-08-21 }} *http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MV061 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816081103/http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MV061 |date=2007-08-16 }} *[http://www.socpharmbordeaux.asso.fr/pdf/pdf-144/144-311-332.pdf Solanaceae in stamps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014123037/http://www.socpharmbordeaux.asso.fr/pdf/pdf-144/144-311-332.pdf |date=2007-10-14 }} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Vegetables]] [[Category:Fruits]] [[Category:Solanum]]