Friday, January 29, 2016

එළ බටු[Ela batu]/Egg plant/Aubergine/Brinjal (Solanum melongena)

An introduced herb with uncertain origin. Often cultivated as the Brinjal to use its purple oblong fruit as a vegetable. Escaped and naturalized plants also occurs along roadsides and waste lands. Wild fruits are also eaten as a curry. Cultivated plants unarmed.