Minerv

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Thanks very much for the very good picture of the Pataka you put on Maori culture recently-it needs more of you can find some.Thanks Claudia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.62.226.243 (talk) 08:53, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

Thai eggplants

Hi Minerv. I'm not an expert on eggplants, I just eat them. The thing is, I noticed a few years ago that a nationalistic Laotian contributor to Wikipedia had started the article Lao eggplant. I don't think that there any differences between Thai and Lao eggplants and I suspect that it was created because your average Lao nationalist hates to be reminded of anything Thai. Could you have a look at that article perhaps and see if these two should be merged? And under what name? Regards, Takeaway (talk) 22:34, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi Takeaway, I'm not an expert too . In this page (Asian eggplants): Thai Purple, Thai Green, Thai Yellow, Thai White / Lao Green Stripe, Lao Purple Stripe, Lao Lavender, Lao White, are cultivars of Solanum melongena. And for Solanum virginianum, common names are yellow-fruit nightshade, yellow berried nightshade, Thai green eggplant, and, Thai tripped eggplant (here). If that can help you for corrected and maybe to created Asian eggplant. Sorry for my poor english. Regards, Minerv (talk) 07:39, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

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