Question

Which family does Brinjal belong to?

Answer 1

The botanical name of the Brinjal is Solanum melongena. Brinjal belongs to the Potato family.

Complete answer:
The morphological characters shown by brinjal plant are as follows-
Root system- Tap root system.
Stem- Erect.
Leaves- Alternate, simple and reticulate venation.
Inflorescence- Cymose- solitary
Flower- complete, bisexual, actinomorphic ,hypogynous
Calyx- five sepals, gamosepalous, valvate aestivation
Corolla- Five petals, gamopetalous, valvate aestivation
Androecium- Five stamens, epipetalous.
Gynoecium- Syncarpous, bicarpellary, superior ovary, axile placentation.
Fruit- berry
Seed- numerous.
Since these characters fit exactly to the family ‘Solanaceae’, we can infer that the Brinjal plant belongs to the same family.

Note:
Family Solanaceae is also called the “Potato Family”. The name comes from the Latin name that means nightshade plants. The physical characters and the floral characters of the family Solanaceae are similar to those characters that are seen in the brinjal plant. From these references. we can infer that the brinjal belongs to the potato family, i.e. family Solanaceae.