Ethiopian nightshade

English

Etymology

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Noun

Ethiopian nightshade (uncountable)

1. A plant of species Solanum aethiopicum, of tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia, used for food and ornament.

   Synonyms: bitter tomato, Ethiopian eggplant, garden egg, mock tomato, pumpkin-on-a-stick, scarlet eggplant

Translations

Solanum aethiopicum

• Amharic: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: بَاذِنْجَان أَفْرِيقِيّ m (bāḏinjān ʔafrīqiyy)
• Bambara: nkɔyɔ
• Finnish: etiopianmunakoiso
• Fula: yaaloore
• German: äthiopische Eierfrucht f, afrikanische Eierfrucht f, afrikanische Aubergine f
• Krio: jakato
• Portuguese: jiloeiro m
• Russian: паслён эфио́пский m (pasljón efiópskij)
• Spanish: berenjena etíope f, berenjena africana f
• Swedish: afrikansk vildaubergine c
• Tigrinya: please add this translation if you can
• Yoruba: igba, ijẹgun

References

• Solanum aethiopicum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Solanum aethiopicum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Solanum aethiopicum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons