eggplant seeds Nasko
Eggplant
EGGPLANT
- Solanum melongena
- Solanaceae
Eggplant seeds came from India but also wild eggplant were found in Burma. It was known as a vegetable crop in 1 BC. Then in the beginning of AD it came to East in Japan and China, then to the West in Afghanistan, Iran, Turkestan and in the 17 century it came to Russia. Eggplant is grown outdoors in North Caucasus, Povolzhye, at the North of Ukraine, in Moldova, and in the Central Asian republics.