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137. d. Trichosanth.es japonica, Re gel, Jap. Kikarasuuri
; tliis small melon is eaten when }"oung either boiled or
preserved
in salt.
It has a bitter taste.
138. Solatium melongena, L., Egg plant, Jap. Nasu,
Nasubi ;
an annual plant of the order Solanaceae comprising
many varieties. It attains a height of 2-3 fts. Its young
fruits are eaten either boiled, roasted, or fried. They are also
preserved in salt mixed with bran. The fruits simply preserved
in salt are good to eat when boiled. It is also cut into slices and
preserved in a dry state. The fruits of this plant are generally of
an oval form, but some are slightly flattened at the bottom with
longitudinal wrinkles near the calyx and are called KincJiaku-
Nasn (pulse egg plant). The large kind brought from China
is about 9 inches in diameter and is of a light purple colour.
138. b Solanuin melongena, L., var., Long egg plent,
Jap. Naganasu ; a variety of the former with long and slender
fruits. A Chinese kind grows to a length of about 2 fts. and a
diameter of about 1J inches. It is soft and good to eat when boiled,
or it can also be preserved in salt.
139. Solanum melongena, L., var., Green egg plant,
Jap. Ao-nasu ; a variety of egg plaut (IBS) with a green rind. It
is of 2 kinds, rouud and club shaped. The large round kind is
inferior in taste to the long club shaped
Ao-naga-nasu (Long green egg plant).
one which is called
139. b. Solanum melongena, /,., var., Jap. Gin-nasu,
Tamago-nasu ; a kind of egg plant with the fruit resembling
a hen's egg. It can be eaten boiled, but is rather insipid.
139. c. Lycopersicum esculentum, Wall., Jap. Sangoji-nasu,
Aka-nasn ; an annually cultivated plant of the order
Solanaceae, with its fruit shaped and coloured somewhat like the
persimmon. It was at first used for an ornamental purpose on account
of its beautiful form, but as foreign cooking now prevails in
tliis
country it is used for culinary purposes. The fruits are eaten
raw or dressed with vinegar and salt.
They are also boiled,
baked or reduced to paste. Its young leaves are salted and eaten