Eggplant

species of plant
Thing taxon Q7540
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Eggplant

Summary

Eggplant is a taxon[1]. Eggplant has Wikipedia articles in 162 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Eggplant's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Eggplant is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Eggplant is classified within Solanum[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Eggplant is Solanum melongena[6].
  • Eggplant is a type of perennial plant[7].
  • Eggplant is a type of cultivated edible plant[8].
  • Eggplant is a type of useful plant[9].
  • Eggplant is a type of annual plant[10].
  • Eggplant is a type of poisonous plant[11].
  • Eggplant is part of Egyptian cuisine[12].
  • Eggplant is used for fodder[13].
  • Eggplant is used for medicinal plant[14].
  • Eggplant is used for vegetable[15].
  • Eggplant's Commons category is recorded as Solanum melongena[16].
  • Eggplant's Unicode character is recorded as 🍆[17].
  • Eggplant's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Solanum melongena[18].
  • Eggplant's Commons gallery is recorded as Solanum melongena[19].
  • Eggplant's described at URL is recorded as http://nadeaud.ilm.pf/liste-bibliotaxons?page=634[20].
  • Eggplant's depicted by is recorded as 🍆[21].
  • Eggplant's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[22].
  • Eggplant's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[23].
  • Eggplant's described by source is recorded as Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[24].
  • Eggplant's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • Eggplant's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26].
  • Eggplant's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 67(1)[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Eggplant's instance of is recorded as taxon[3]. Recorded subclass of include perennial plant[7], cultivated edible plant[8], useful plant[9], annual plant[10], and poisonous plant[11].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include fodder[13], medicinal plant[14], and vegetable[15]. Eggplant is part of Egyptian cuisine[12].

Why It Matters

Eggplant has Wikipedia articles in 162 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . inpn.mnhn.fr. inpn.mnhn.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. inpn.mnhn.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. inpn.mnhn.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. inpn.mnhn.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . en.wikipedia.org. en.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . vegetables.co.nz. vegetables.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . plants.ces.ncsu.edu. plants.ces.ncsu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. techno-science.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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