Eggplant
Scientific name: Solanum melongena
Malay name: Terung
Facts:
- Solanum melongena is a much-branched shrub up to 2 metres tall with a long large, central, and dominant root from which other roots sprout laterally which extends deep into the ground.
- The flowers are white to purple in colour, with a five-lobed corolla and yellow stamens
- Botanically classified as a berry
- The browning of eggplant flesh results from the oxidation of polyphenols, such as the most abundant phenolic compound in the fruit, chlorogenic acid.
General Use :
- It is used in many cooking recipes around the world.
- The fruit also can be eaten raw
- In France, it is a key ingredient for Ratatouille
- Solanum melongena also can be pickled.
Medicinal Use :
- The plant can be used in curing diabetes which is mainly because eggplant contains a high volume of antioxidant which help to crush blood sugar generated free radicals in the body.
- The plant can also be used in curing dysuria because fruit and vegetable such as eggplant help to purify the kidney.
- In New Guinea, the juice from the roots is used to cure otitis and toothache.
- The plant is also used in treatment for curing cholera, bronchitis, dysentery, skin infections, asthenia and is also ascribed narcotic, anti-asthmatic and anti-rheumatic properties
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