Baingan / Wild Brinjal
Solanum melongena var. insanum
Also known as Bitter Apple, Egg Plant, Brinjal
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Solanum melongena var. insanum
- Genus
- Solanum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Roadsides, wastelands, homesteads and sometimes grown as medicinal plants
- Habitat type
- Cultivated, Wasteland
- Native to
- South and tropical America
- Distribution
- Tropics of the World
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Solanaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Solanaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बैंगन Baingan, बंग Bang, भण्टा Bhanta
- Nepali
- बैगुन Baigun, भण्टा Bhantaa, भान्टा
- Bengali
- বার্তাকু Bartaku, বেগুন Begun, বেগুন
- Tamil
- அச்சத்தி Accatti, காளினியம் Kaliniyam, கத்தரி Kattari
- Telugu
- హింగుది Hingudi, వంగ Vanga, వంకాయ Vankaaya
- Kannada
- ಬದನೆ Badane, ಗುಳ್ಳ Gulla, ಕಾಚಿ Kaachi
- Malayalam
- വഴുതിന Vazhuthina, വഴുതന, എഗ്ഗ് പ്ലാന്റ്
- Marathi
- वांगी Vangi, वांगे
About Baingan
Wild Brinjal (Solanum melongena var. insanum) is an undershrub belonging to the Solanaceae family (Nightshade/Tomato family). Members of this family are generally characterised by alternate simple leaves, cymose (extra-axillary) flower clusters, berry/capsule fruit. It is typically found in roadsides, wastelands, homesteads and sometimes grown as medicinal plants. Native to South and tropical America, it is distributed across Tropics of the World. It flowers and fruits through much of the year. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
Baingan belongs to the Solanaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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