Eggplant

Eggplant: nf Eggplant is an oblong (or rounded) and purplish fruit of a vegetable plant (Solanaceae family - Botanical name: Solanum melongena L.) native to India and eaten as a vegetable. The varieties cultivated in Europe generally have medium-sized fruits, with a dark purple, almost black, smooth and shiny epidermis, which covers a light and firm flesh. The fruit is eaten immature. When ripe, its color turns yellow or brown, the seeds become ...