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KINGDOM:Plantae || PHYLUM:Tracheophyta || CLASS:Magnoliopsida || ORDER:Solanales || FAMILY:茄科 Solanaceae || GENUS: 茄属 Solanum

茄 Solanum melongena L.

Accepted name Solanum melongena L. (Solanaceae) WCVP · exact match
Catalogue of Life China 茄
Flora treatments

《中国植物志》|| 茄科 SOLANACEAE ||野茄系 Ser. 3. Incaniformia Bitter ||茄 Solanum melongena L.

38.茄(南方草木状,开宝本草)矮瓜(广东广州);吊菜子(梅县);茄子(通称);落苏(江苏南部),紫茄,茄子,白茄。
Solanum melongena L., Sp. Pl. ed. 1. 186. 1753; Dunal in DC. Prodr 13(1): 355. 1852.——S. esculentum Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13(1): 355. 1852; Gilg in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 34 Beib. 75: 65. 1904; Levl. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 207. 1908. ——S. melongena L. var. esculentum(Dunal)Nees in Trans. Linn. Soc. 17: 49. 1837; Sasaki, Cat. Governm. Herb. 450. 1930. ——S. melongena L. var serpentinum L. H. Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort, 3: 3182. 1929-30.——S. melongena L. var. depressum L. H. Bailey, 1. c. 3: 3182. 1929-30.
直立分枝草本至亚灌木,高可达1米,小枝,叶柄及花梗均被6-8-(10)分枝,平贴或具短柄的星状绒毛,小枝多为紫色(野生的往往有皮刺),渐老则毛被逐渐脱落。叶大,卵形至长圆状卵形,长8-18厘米或更长,宽5-11厘米或更宽,先端钝,基部不相等,边缘浅波状或深波状圆裂,上面被3-7-(8)分枝短而平贴的星状绒毛,下面密被7-8分枝较长而平贴的星状绒毛,侧脉每边4-5条,在上面疏被星状绒毛,在下面则较密,中脉的毛被与侧脉的相同(野生种的中脉及侧脉在两面均具小皮刺),叶柄长约2-4.5厘米(野生的具皮刺)。能孕花单生,花柄长约1-1.8厘米,毛被较密,花后常下垂,不孕花蝎尾状与能孕花并出;萼近钟形,直径约2.5厘米或稍大,外面密被与花梗相似的星状绒毛及小皮刺,皮刺长约3毫米,萼裂片披针形,先端锐尖,内面疏被星状绒毛,花冠辐状,外面星状毛被较密,内面仅裂片先端疏被星状绒毛,花冠筒长约2毫米,冠檐长约2.1厘米,裂片三角形,长约1厘米;花丝长约2.5毫米,花药长约7.5毫米;子房圆形,顶端密被星状毛,花柱长4-7毫米,中部以下被星状绒毛,柱头浅裂。果的形状大小变异极大。本种因经长期栽培而变异极大,花的颜色及花的各部数目均有出入,一般有白花,紫花,5-6-7数。果的形状有长或圆,颜色有白、红、紫等,一般栽培供食用的有长形及圆形(var. esculentum Nees),但一种长形基部弯扭的为var. serpentinum Bailey.
原产亚洲(?)热带,Sendtner认为原产阿拉伯。我国各省均有栽培。
果可供蔬食。根、茎、叶入药,为收敛剂,有利尿之效,叶也可以作麻醉剂。种子为消肿药,也用为刺激剂,但容易引起胃弱及便秘,果生食可解食菌中毒。


Source 中国植物物种信息数据库


Plant use records
Chinese name Vernacular name Plant Ethnic group Use Source
茄 麻克夯麻 茄 Solanum melongena L. Dai medicine Ethnomedicinal 《傣医药》
茄 白茄子,鸡北 茄 Solanum melongena L. Miao medicine Ethnomedicinal
茄 玛剋 茄 Solanum melongena L. Jino medicine Ethnomedicinal 《基诺药》
茄 茄 茄 Solanum melongena L. She medicine Ethnomedicinal
茄 麻嘿憨马 茄 Solanum melongena L. Dai medicine Ethnomedicinal 《傣药志》
茄子 茄子 茄子 Solanum melongena L. Dai Ethnomedicinal 中华本草
茄子 茄子 茄子 Solanum melongena L. Medicinal 中华本草
茄叶 茄叶 茄叶 Solanum melongena L. Medicinal 中华本草
茄花 茄花 茄花 Solanum melongena L. Medicinal 中华本草
茄根 茄根 茄根 Solanum melongena L. Medicinal 中华本草


Historical formulas containing this species
Use in historical formulas by period (17 formulas in total)
Use in historical formulas by periodPre-Qin: 0Pre-QinHan: 0HanWei–Jin & N–S: 0Wei–Jin& N–SSui–Tang & Five Dynasties: 11Sui–Tang& Five DynastiesSong: 44SongJin–Yuan: 11Jin–YuanMing: 55MingQing: 66Qing




Wild economic plants of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (field survey)
Plant name Local name Family Life form Part used Folk use Voucher Locality Ethnic group Region

Research papers
Title Authors Journal Date
From nutrition to medicine: Assessing hemorrhoid healing activity of Solanum melongena L. via in vivo experimental models and its major chemicals Donmez, Ceylan; Yalcin, Funda N.; Boyacioglu, Ozge; Korkusuz, Petek; Akkol, Esra Kupeli; Nemutlu, Emirhan; Balaban, Yasemin H.; Caliskan, Ufuk Koca JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY OCT 28 2020
Chinese medicinal herb extract inhibits PQS-mediated quorum sensing system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Wei, Qing; Bhasme, Pramod; Wang, Zhiguo; Wang, Li; Wang, Shiwei; Zeng, Yunfei; Wang, Yi; Ma, Luyan Z.; Li, Yan JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY DEC 5 2020
Diffusion and accumulation in cultivated vegetable plants of di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) from a plastic production factory Du, Q. Z.; Wang, J. W.; Fu, X. W.; Xia, H. L. FOOD ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS PART A-CHEMISTRY ANALYSIS CONTROL EXPOSURE & RISK ASSESSMENT 2010
Ability of the aphid parasitoid species Binodoxys indicus to switch over to alternative host-complexes [Hymenoptera : Braconidae] Singh, R; Singh, A; Pandey, S ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALIS JAN 10 2021
Comparing Medicinal Uses of Eggplant and Related Solanaceae in China, India, and the Philippines Suggests the Independent Development of Uses, Cultural Diffusion, and Recent Species Substitutions Meyer, Rachel S.; Bamshad, Maryam; Fuller, Dorian Q.; Litt, Amy ECONOMIC BOTANY JUN 2014
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