Arti Kata 茄子紺

eggplant (Solanum melongena)

Japanese yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia japonica)

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

Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)

tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

autumn eggplant

rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa)

always listen to your parents

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)

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)

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