BISH 14196Botany

Solanum melongena

eggplant

As recorded: Solanum melongena L.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Solanales › Solanaceae

Collected by: Moore, J.W.
Collector number: 733
Date: April 11, 1927
Locality: Faaroa valley
Island: Raiatea
Region: French Polynesia
Elevation: 5 m
Identified by: Smith, A.C.
Record type: Preserved specimen

28 Bishop specimens of Solanum melongena · collected 1924–2009Species page ›

Collected the same day

On April 11, 1927, Moore, J.W. also collected 23 other specimens.

Solanum melongena observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1927. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 894 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-16.

2026-10-16

San Juan, PR, US

(c) julisabelsoto_, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-16

San Juan, PR, US

(c) julisabelsoto_, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-16

San Juan, PR, US

(c) daelmg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-13

Urban 20 Apartments M, Kothanur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560077, India

(c) Subhadra Devi, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-10

Panatas P14, Motril, Granada, ES

(c) kylepena, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-08

Cluster_mumbai Suburban_684, near Shiv Mandir, Azad Nagar, Andheri West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400053, India

(c) Shaikh Yasmine, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Solanum melongena. BISH 14196. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956349099. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/14196.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956349099 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026