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Eggplant

Close-up of a purple eggplant with green leaves behind it.

Solanum melongena

Season(s): Summer

Garden:
Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden

Type of Plant: Vegetable or fruit

Eggplant (Solanum melongena) in the Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden. Photo by Megan Brown.

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An assortment of eggplants of varying shapes, sizes, and colors on a wooden table.
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If you wander through the Discovery Garden this summer, you might notice more than 20 different varieties of eggplant (Solanum melongena) featured in our raised brick beds.

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