483 
Solanum ae Linn.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 238. 
Zll.—Ruiz Lopez and Pavon, Fl. Peruv. Tabulae ined. ii. 
t. 175, f. b. (S. incanum): Delile, , Egypte, t. 23, f. 1 (S. coagulans); 
Blanco: Fl. P ue coagula 
Ver mes z Kura or Gauta Kara (Hausa, 
PAoa Yola, Dalziel); Sorobib (S. W. Africa, Chem. and 
Druggist, Feb. 4th. 1911, p. 64); Khadak (Arabic € 
Vester & Co.); Gibbein (Arabie; Muriel); Hyaena's tomato 
poem transl. of Hausa name above 
ps aa Jebba in N. Nigeria, Nile Land region to 
be ; 9. Africa, krébis India 
A poison, Katagum (Dalziel, l.c.); poisonous, suspected of 
causing lamziekte in S. Africa (Burtt- t Ann rost. 
ep. Ag 
& Bot. Dept. Agric. Union of S. Afr. 224); 1 pu used by 
the natives as a remedy for aokoa, S.W. Africa (Bull. 
Bur. Agric. Intellig. Rome, Jan. 1911, p. 1097 Chem. and 
i 64 
p. 64). 
Found as a bush 5 ft. high, Blue Nile (Muriel, Herb. Kew). 
Solanum Melongena, Linn.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 242. 
Ill.—Rheede, Hort. Mal. ii. t. 37; x. t. 74 (var.); Rumpf, Amb. 
v. E 85; ee Ic. t. 123; Dunal, Hist. Solonac. t. 3; Desc. Ant. 
iii. 187; anco, Fi, Filip. i. t. 260; Wight, Tllust. t. 166; 
Duthie, Field Crops, t : 
Vernac. names.—lgba (Lagos, Dawodu); Yundahl (Katan, 
Hadramaut, Leurs [Sehheh (Accra), Nturabab (Fanti), d 
Chevalier); in (Philippines, Barve 1. Gs dey Egg, = 
i s Apple. 
"ntum "Eropieal Africa and most warm countries. 
Hiern; Fl. Trop. Afr. lc., known from West 
Abos, d s. W. ‘Atri ca aid Mozambique District. 
Vernac. names.—Yalo (Katagum, nes N’Gilla (Golungo 
Alto, Welwitsch). 
Fruit used asa vegetable. The root used sedia d in French 
Guiana (Heckel, Les. Pl. Med. et Toxiq. Guy. Franc. in Ann. 
Inst. Col. Marseille, iv. 1897, p. 88). 
A shrubby spiny plant 3-4 ft. high. Cultivated in Katagum 
(Dalziel, Herb. Kew), on a small scale near houses in N. Nigeria 
(Dudgeon, Agric. and For. Prod. W. Afr. p.155; Ann. Rep. Agric. 
July 31st, 1909, p. 159—“ Yala,” a minor food crop), at Katan, 
sub-tropics. Under cultivation there are many varieties. Trac 
+. (U.S. Dept. Agric. Bureau of Pl. Industry, Bull. 
No. 21, 1908, pp- 183-187) 114 varieties in the United States. 
