Solanum Melongena

Herb/Forb, Edible, Vegetable, Annual or perennial herb, 0.2–0.5 m, erect, unarmed(armed); young stems moderately stellate-pubescent to glabrescent, trichomes porrect, translucent, sessile or stalked, stalks up to 0.2 mm, rays 8–15, 0.3–0.7 mm, midpoints ± same length as rays or to 1 mm; prickles straight, 0–6 mm long, 0.2–1 mm wide at base

Perennial, Annual

Solitary purple flowers, Flowers heterostylous, 4–8-merous, only the basal one long-styled

A large fleshy kidney shaped berry is that ranges in color from green, to white, to purple-black when immature and when it should be eaten. As the fruit matures it gets stringy and bitter., Berries 1 per infructescence, green, sometimes mottled or striped, white, pink, mauve, purple, or black when young, usually white or dark purple at maturity, variously shaped, 3–20 × 3–7 cm; fruiting calyx unarmed or with up to 30 prickles