Solanum violaceum

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Solanum violaceum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species:
S. violaceum
Binomial name
Solanum violaceum
Synonyms
List
    • Solanum agresteRoth
    • Solanum anguiviHook.
    • Solanum chinenseDunal
    • Solanum coccineumDunal
    • Solanum cuneatumMoench
    • Solanum erosumVan Heurck & Müll.Arg.
    • Solanum feroxJungh. ex Miq.
    • Solanum heyniiRoem. & Schult.
    • Solanum himalenseDunal
    • Solanum indicumL.
    • Solanum indicum f. albumC.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang
    • Solanum indicum var. erosopinnatifidumDunal
    • Solanum indicum subsp. erosum(Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.) Bitter
    • Solanum indicum var. recurvatumC.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang
    • Solanum indicum var. sinuatolobatumDunal
    • Solanum junghuhniiMiq.
    • Solanum kurziiBrace ex Prain
    • Solanum lividumWilld. ex Dunal
    • Solanum nelsoniiZipp. ex Span.
    • Solanum nivalo-montanumC.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang
    • Solanum pinnatifidumRoth
    • Solanum pubescensHeyne ex Walp.
    • Solanum racemosumNoronha
    • Solanum sanitwongseiCraib
    • Solanum sodomeumRuss. ex Nees
    • Solanum vincentiiDelile ex Dunal
    • Solanum virginianumRuss. ex Wall.

Solanum violaceum is a flowering plant in the family Solanaceae that is found in China at elevations of 100 to 2700 meters. [1] [2]

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Traditional uses

Solanum violaceum belongs to Solanaceae family which are extensively used as vegetables and fruits. It has also been used for variety of traditional medicinal treatment including asthma, dry cough, catarrh, colic, flatulence, worms, and fever. Different parts of the plant such as roots, fruits, seeds are used for different treatments. Roots are digestive, carminative, and astringent to the bowels, cardiac tonic, expectorant, and aphrodisiac while fruits are asthma, dry cough, catarrh, colic, flatulence, worms, and fever. Fruits are also used to relieve cough, alleviate toothache, and topically for skin disease. Seeds are mostly used to extravagance gonorrhoeic and dysuria. The indigenous Garo people of Bangladesh mix the seed with liquor to increase its intoxication effect. [3]

The root extract of Solanum violaceum can also be used to treat obesity-related conditions. [4]

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References

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  4. Ahamed SK, Khan M, Billah M, Hossain MS (2018). "Methanol extract of Solanum violaceum root possesses antiobesity, hypolipidemic, thrombolytic and membrane stabilizing activity". Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal. 22 (1): 96–102. doi: 10.12991/mpj.2018.47 .