Wild Relatives of the Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.: Solanaceae): New Understanding of Species Names in a Complex Group Author Knapp, Sandra Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, United Kingdom s.knapp@nhm.ac. uk Author Vorontsova, Maria S. Herbarium, Library, Art and Archives, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom Author Prohens, Jaime Instituto de Conservación y Mejora de la Agrodiversidad Valenciana, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain text PLoS ONE 2013 2013-02-22 8 2 1 12 journal article 20350 10.1371/journal.pone.0057039 fcefd797-1d3e-43c6-ad6e-8550a33e9199 PMC3579775 23451138 6338572

Table 3. Character suite for distinguishing ambiguous specimens of S. insanum and S. melongena.

Character	Solanum insanum	Solanum melongena
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Stems	prickly	smooth
Leaf lobes	acute	obtuse
Leaf base	truncate or acute	cordate to obtuse
# of long-styled flowers	1–4	only 1
Flowers	strictly 5-merous	fasciated (with supernumerary parts)
Fruit size	1–3 cm in diameter and length	larger than 3 cm in diameter and/or longer than 3 cm in length
Fruit pulp	green and jelly-like	spongy