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Eggplant ( US, CA, AU, NZ, PH ), aubergine ( UK, [1] IE ), brinjal ( IN, SG, MY, ZA ), or baigan ( IN, GY) [2] [3] is a plant species in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Solanum melongena is grown worldwide for its edible fruit. Most commonly purple, the spongy, absorbent fruit is used in several cuisines.
The fruits are used as a fresh dessert fruit; it is sweet and often served chilled. The fruit also exists in three colors, dark purple, greenish brown and yellow. The purple fruit has a denser skin and texture while the greenish brown fruit has a thin skin and a more liquid pulp; the yellow variety is less common.
These purple-foliage forms (often called 'purple-leaf plum'), also have dark purple fruit, which make an attractive, intensely coloured jam. They can have white or pink flowers. The cultivar 'Thundercloud' has bright red foliage which darkens purple. Others, such as 'Lindsayae', have green foliage.
Blueberry is a widely distributed and widespread group of perennial flowering plant with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section Cyanococcus within the genus Vaccinium. Vaccinium also includes cranberries, bilberries, huckleberries and Madeira blueberries. [1]
Anthocyanidins (flavonals) and Anthocyanins red wine, many red, purple or blue fruits and vegetables. Pelargonidin bilberry, raspberry, strawberry. Peonidin bilberry, blueberry, cherry, cranberry, peach. Cyanidin red apple & pear, bilberry, blackberry, blueberry, cherry, cranberry, peach, plum, hawthorn, loganberry, cocoa.
Modified fleshy cone of Podocarpus elongatus. Rhubarb made into rhubarb pie. Plants with edible fruit-like structures are not technically fruit, but are used culinarily as such. Common name. Species name. Cultivar list. Alligator juniper berry. Juniperus deppeana. Arius.
This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana). For a complete list of all grape species, including those unimportant to agriculture, see Vitis .
Plum is a purple color with a brownish-gray tinge, like that shown on the right, or a reddish purple, which is a close representation of the average color of the plum fruit. As a quaternary color on the RYB color wheel , plum is an equal mix of the tertiary colors russet and slate .
Kiwi berries. Kiwi berries are edible fruits the size of a large grape, similar to fuzzy kiwifruit in taste and internal appearance but with a thin, smooth green skin. They are primarily produced by three species: Actinidia arguta (hardy kiwi), A. kolomikta (Arctic kiwifruit) and A. polygama (silver vine).
The flowers are dark pink, with a purple central spike, produced on finely hairy stalks. The fruit is a small pale pink to red berry , with a refreshing sharp acidic flavor. Widespread throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere, including northern Europe, northern Asia, and northern North America.