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Solanum melongena
eggplant
As recorded: Solanum melongena L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Solanales › Solanaceae
- Collected by
- Edano, G.; Kondo, Y.G.E. Edano →Yoshio KondoKay Kondo →
- Collector number
- 8943
- Date
- February 11, 1957
- Locality
- Taurtawi. Touwacan
- Island
- Sulu Island
- Region
- Sulu Province, Philippines
- Elevation
- 200 m
- Identified by
- McClelland, D.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Solanum melongena observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1957. 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 189048. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956656423. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/189048.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956656423 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026