Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Solanum melongena
Scientific Name and Description
Solanum melongena L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | Bhanta, Brinjal, Baigun,aubergine, badanjan, baigun, baingan, bangan, begun, bengan, bhanta, bhatta, bhintak, brinjal, rangna, ringna |
| Sanskrit | Vrintak, Vartaki, Bhantaki, Varttakaf, Bhantika; angana, bartaku, bera, bhanaaki, bhantaki, brhati, chitraphala, citraphala, dirghavartaki, dushpradharshini, hindirataka, hingoli, hinguli, jukutam, kantakini, kantalu, kantapatrika, kantavartaki, katphala, kuli, mahabrhati, mahahrihati, mahati, mahotika, mansalaphala, mishravarnaphala, nidralu, nilakantaka, nilaphala, nilavriksha, nripapriyaphala, peetaphala, pitaphala, rajakushmanda, raktphala, shakabilva, shakabilvaka, shakashreshtha, sinhi, vangana, vardaku, varta, vartaka, vartakah, vartaki, vartaku, varttaki, varttaku, vatigama, vrintaki, vrittaphala, vrntaki |
| Odia | Brinjal |
| Urdu | Baigan, kateli kalan |
| Kannada | Badne, Gullbadane, badane, badane kaayi, badane kayi, badanekaya, badanekayi, bhandaaki, bhandaki, bhantaki, doddabadane, gulla, kaachi, kaachi badane, kachi, kaci |
| Gujrati | Ringana, Vengan |
| Tamil | Kattrikkayi,accatti, accattiri, achatti, cakapilavakacceti, cakapilavankam, cakapillakam, catilikicceti, ilakucam, kaarkkattari, kaliliyam, kalini, kaliniyam, karkkattari, kath-thari, kathari, kaththiri, kattari, kattari-k-kay, kattarinayakam, katterikayi, katthiri-chedi, kattiri-k-kay, kattiricceti, kattirikkai, koyambattai, makurakka, matini, milaguttakkali, mullankattari, mullukkattari, murukanikkaram, muttaikkattari, muttikkattiri, namai, natapattirakam, nattukkattari, nilakkattiri, nirkkattiri, pandagi, pantaki,piratti,piritiki, piru, pirukati, pirukucceti, pirutati, tatuvalutalai, tirappucam, tirappuki, tirappukicceti, tirippucam, tirivacceti, valitunai, vallatimuli, valudunai, valutalai, valutalaicceti, vangam, vanikakkaykaripputu, varttapakacceti, varttapakam, vekupattiri,vilutalai |
| Telugu | Bankaya, Verri vanga,chirivanga, chiruvanga, ciruvanga, eruvanga, hingudi, mettavanga, mettavanke, mulaka, muluka, neerwangkai, nidupavanga, nidupuvanga, nirettuvanga, niruvanga, vanga, vanga chettu, vangamu, vankaaya, vankaya, vankayi, wangkai, wankai |
| Nepali | Bhanta |
| Bengali | Begun |
| Marathi | Vange, Vangi,baange, dorli-vangi, vangi, vayinge, wangi |
| Malayalam | Valutina,hinguli, kattiri, mulakutakkali, mulukutakali, nila-barudena, nilabarudena, nilavalutina, nilavazhutina, schunda, valoothala, valutina, vazhutina |
| English | badinjan, brinjal, egg fruit, egg plant, jew s apple, thai egg plant |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Leaves
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Solanum melongena L. Solanaceae Kathari Shrub Young fruits Powder Hypolipidemic
Solanum melongena L. Shrub - Asthma General Rajagopal et al. 2016
References
Literature
Literature
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
Rajagopal et al. 2016
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 2 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)