Eggplant (Solanum melongena, on the island of Java, more commonly known as eggplant) is a fruit-producing plants are used as vegetables. Origin are India and Sri Lanka. Eggplant closely related to potatoes and Leunca, and rather far from the tomatoes.
Eggplant is a herb that is often planted annually. This plant grows to 40-150 cm (16-57 inches) tall. The leaves are large, with a coarse lobes. The size is 10-20 cm (4-8 inches) in length and 5-10 cm (2-4 inches) in width. The types of wild half are larger and grow to as high as 225 cm (7 feet), with leaves that exceed 30 cm (12 inches) and 15 centimeters (6 inches) in length. The trunk is usually prickly. The color of the flowers of white to purple, with a crown which has five lobes. Yellow stamens. Fruit contains flour, with a diameter of less than 3 cm for the wild, and even more for the type of planting.
In terms of botany, a fruit classed as berries have many small seeds and tender. Seeds can be eaten but it was bitter because it contains nicotine, a tobacco alkaloid that many conceived.
History
Eggplant is a plant food that is grown for its fruit. The origins of cultivation in the southern and eastern Asia since prehistoric times, but only known in the Western world no earlier than around 1500. The fruit has a variety of colors, especially purple, green, and white. The first written records about eggplant found in Qi min yao shu, an ancient Chinese agricultural work, written in the year 544. The number of Arabic names and North Africa for the eggplant and the lack of Greek and Roman names show that this tree is brought into the Western world through the Mediterranean region by Arab nations in the early Middle Ages. Scientific name, Solanum melongena, derived from the Arabic term of the 16th century to a kind of eggplant plants.
Because eggplant is a member of the Solanaceae, eggplant fruit was considered poisonous, as the fruit of several varieties Leunca and potatoes. While the eggplant fruit can be eaten without any ill effects for most people, some other people, eating the fruit of eggplant (similar to eating the fruit-related such as tomatoes, potatoes, and green pepper or pepper) may affect health. Some fruit eggplant slightly bitter and irritating to the stomach and cause gastritis. For this reason, some sources, especially from the natural health, said that the eggplant and related genera can cause or exacerbate arthritis with a subtle and precisely that, should be shunned by those who are sensitive to it.
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