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Solanum melongena

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	single stem
Habit	erect	Category	vegetables, medicinals & aromatic
Life span	annual	Plant attributes	grown on large scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	medium (50-150 cm)
Temperat. requir.	20	35	9	40	Soil texture	medium, organic	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	1200	1600	800	4000	Soil fertility	high	moderate
Latitude	-	-	-	2200	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	50	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5.5	6.8	4.3	8.5	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	very bright	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	home garden, small scale (manual), large scale/commercial, protected cultivation	Crop cycle	70	120
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	ley cropping

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Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	vitamins	fruits
food & beverage	protein	fruits
food & beverage	vitamins	leaves
medicinal	blood system applications	fruits
medicinal	skin applications	fruits