Baigana (Oriya- ବାଇଗଣ) (3997969010)

Description:

Solanaceae (solanum, nightshade, or potato family) » Solanum melongena L. so-LAN-num -- solace, quietude; referring to the narcotic properties of some species mel-ON-gen-uh -- corrupted Latin for mad apple commonly known as: brinjal, eggplant • Arabic: انب anab • Assamese: বেঙেনা bengena • Bengali: বেগুন begun • Gujarati: વેંગણ vengan • Hindi: बैंगन baingan • Kannada: ಬದನೇಕಾಯಿ badanekaayi • Kashmiri: वाँगुन् wangun • Konkani: वैंगण vaingan • Malayalam: കത്തിരിക്ക kaththirikka, വഴുതനങ്ങ vazhuthananga • Manipuri: খামেন khamen • Marathi: वांगी vangi • Mizo: bawk-bâwn • Nepali: बैगुन् baigun • Oriya: ବାଇଗଣ baigana • Pali: वाटिङ्गण vatingana • Persian: بادنجان badanjan • Punjabi: ਬੈਂਗਣ baingan • Sanskrit: वङ्गन vangana • Sindhi: واڱَڻُ vaangarnu • Tamil: கத்தரி kattari, நமைக்காய் namai-k-kay • Telugu: వంగ vanga • Tulu: ಬದನೆ badane Distribution: probable origin Africa, then dispersed to Asia; sometimes naturalized, widely cultivated References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • ENVIS - FRLHT • DDSA • Monier-Williams Dictionary