What is a Bringal plant?What is a classification? Explain body parts? Some important part? Bringal (Solanum melongena) بنگن

    ♦Classification♦

Division :::::::::::::::::: Spermatophyta

Sub-division :::::::::: Angiosperms 

Class ::::::::::::::::::::: Dicotyledons 

Sub-class :::::::::::::: Gamopetalae 

Series :::::::::::::::::::: Bicarpellatae 

Order ::::::::::::::::::::: Palimoniales 

Family ::::::::::::::::::: Solanaceae

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The members of this family are found in tropical and temperate regions of the world. This family includes about 85 genera and 2200 species. 

  :::::::::Habit:::::::::

Usually plants are herbs. They are also creeping and climbing vines. Sometimes shrubs and rarely trees. 

   :::::::::Root:::::::::

Tap-root system, branched. 

   :::::::::Fruit:::::::::

Solanum melongena (Bringal) 

:::::::::Stem::::::::

Erect, herbaceous, branched, hairy or prickly. Underground in potato forming tubers. 

      ::::::::Leaf::::::::

Percolate, simple, alternate in the vegetative region but opposite in the floral region, exstipulate, lamina is much divided into lobes, reticulate venation. 

   ::::::::Flower::::::::

Pendicellate, bisexual, actinomorphic, hypogynous, pentamerous.

◀Economic Importance▶

The economic importance of the family Solanaceae is as follows:

1: Some plants of the family are used as vegetables. e. g. Potato, tomato etc. 

2: Some plants are of medicinal valve, such as the roots of Solanum Xanthocarpum are used in cough, asthma. 

3: Red pepper or chilli is used as Condiment. 

4: Some plants are used for Ornamental Purposes e.g. petunia, Queen of night is growing in the gardens, it's flowers are scented at night.

5: Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) is narcotic in nature. It is a source of nicotine.

 Some importance plants

(1) Solanum tuberosum (Potato) 

(2) Solanum melongena (Bringal) 

(3) Lycopersicum esculentum (Tomato) 

(4) Cestrum nocturnum (Queen of night)

(5) Nicotiana tabacum (Tobacco) 

(6) Solanum soratanse (Maraghone) 

(7) Whytheria coagolense (Khamazore)