1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
Herbs, Vegetable
Vegetable
1.3 Origin
South America, Argentina, Brazil
Africa, Asia
1.4 Types
Skunk weed, Navajo spinach
esculentum, depressum, serpentium
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
foothill woods, open Woodlands, Prairies, Roadsides
Anthropogenic, Wild
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1.9 Habit
Upright/Erect
Clump-Forming
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
120.00 cm60.00 cm
0.54
3900
2.1.2 Minimum Width
120.00 cm30.00 cm
0.1
6350
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
2.2.3 Fruit Color
Green
White, Purple, Plum, Black
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
Small elliptic
Broad, Unlobed
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Summer, Late Summer
Indeterminate
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
Container, Ground
Container, Ground
4.2 How to Plant?
Seedlings
Seedlings, Transplanting
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Medium, Requires regular watering, Requires watering in the growing season, Water occasionally
Average Water Needs, Keep the ground moist but not water-logged
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Average Water
4.4.3 In Spring
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Neutral, Slightly Acidic
Neutral
4.5.2 Soil Type
Sandy, Well drained
Clay, Loam, Sand
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Sandy, Well drained
Well drained
4.6 Sun Exposure
4.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
4.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, fertilize in growing season
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, Apply 10-10-10 amount
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Insects, Leaf spot
Aphids, Beetles, Blight, Cutworms, Flea Beetles, Leaf spot, Red blotch
4.10 Plant Tolerance
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
5.2.2 Edible Fruit
5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
5.4 Showy Foliage
5.5 Showy Bark
5.6 Foliage Texture
5.7 Foliage Sheen
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Aphids, Beetles, Insects, Not Available
5.12 Allergy
Not Available
contact allergic dermatitis, Headache, Itchiness
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Landscape Designing
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Skin cleanser
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification, Food for insects, Shelter for wildlife
Air purification
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Fever
Potassium, Rich in Iron, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin K
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves, Seeds
Fruits, Leaves
6.2.3 Other Uses
Decoration Purposes, Making deodorants, Used as a dye, Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties
Food for animals, Used as a nutritious food item, Used for its medicinal properties
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Edible, Herb
Container, Edible, Herb / Vegetable
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
CLEOME hassleriana 'Helen Campbell'
SOLANUM melongena 'Ichiban'
7.2 Common Name
Cleome, Spider Flower
Eggplant, Ichiban Eggplant, Japanese Eggplant
7.2.1 In Hindi
7.2.2 In German
Cleome serrulata
Aubergine
7.2.3 In French
Cleome serrulata
Aubergine
7.2.4 In Spanish
serrulata cleome
Berenjena
7.2.5 In Greek
Cleome serrulata
Μελιτζάνα
7.2.6 In Portuguese
serrulata Cleome
Berinjela
7.2.7 In Polish
cleome serrulata
Bakłażan
7.2.8 In Latin
Cleome serrulata
Eggplant
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
8.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
8.4 Order
8.5 Family
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Angiosperms, Asterids
8.8 Tribe
8.9 Subfamily
Not Available
Solanoideae
8.10 Number of Species