What is the difference between purple eggplant and green eggplant?

The difference between purple eggplant and green eggplant is as follows:

1. There are different varieties. Purple eggplant is more nutritious than green eggplant. If it is the same type of vegetables, those with purple skin are more nutritious than others. Colorful ones are nutritious.

2. Anthocyanins vary. Purple eggplants contain more anthocyanins than green eggplants.

3. The taste is different. Purple eggplant tastes more like meat, while green eggplant tastes more watery.

Purple eggplant pictures:

Green eggplant pictures:

Extended information:

Purple eggplant is a plant in the Solanaceae family and the genus Solanum. Solanum is an upright branched herb to subshrub, up to 1 meter in height. Branchlets, petioles and pedicels are all branched 6-8-(10), flat or with short-stalked star-like tomentose. Branches are mostly purple (wild ones). There are often prickles on the skin), and the coat gradually falls off as they age. The leaves are large, ovate to oblong-ovate, and the petiole is about 2-4.5 cm long (the wild ones have prickles).

The fertile flowers are solitary, the flower stalk is about 1-1.8 cm long, and the hair is dense.

Purple eggplant is also called green shuttle, commonly known as dwarf melon. The fruit is a purple pulpy fruit with pulp inside and sesame-like particles in the flesh

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Purple Eggplant