Kerala Heirloom Eggplant Varieties Needed

[ThennaiHumaneSociety]

I will be heading to Kerala, India soon. I am looking specifically for heirloom eggplant varieties that have preferably been grown organically for generations and seeds have been saved. The older varieties of eggplant are pretty long (similar to Japanese eggplant but tends to be longer and thinner) and can be either purple, purplish-green or full green. One variety, known as Illikomban, is a long green eggplant. I am willing to travel to remote parts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu to find these varieties, as previously these varieties were grown widely in Sri Lanka, especially in the Jaffna peninsula. But now, all the eggplants here have been replaced with modern hybrids that are almost impossible to get decent yields from without chemical fertilisers and pesticides. If anyone can help me locate traditional vegetable varieties there, I would be very grateful. Thank you for your time!