Arti Kata 秋茄子

don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility)

Indian lettuce (Lactuca indica)

eggplant (Solanum melongena)

Japanese yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia japonica)

pickled (in rice bran or vinegar) (whole) eggplant

Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)

tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa)

best is Fuji, second is a hawk, third is an eggplant (of auspicious things to see in a dream, esp. one's first dream of the year)

nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum)

Kamo eggplant (Solanum melongena; round variety originally grown in Kyoto)

squash