Medicinal Plants Research:: Kottakkal Aryavaidya Sala

Solanum violaceum

Author : Ortega

Family : Solanaceae

Habit:Subshrub

Sanskrit: Brhati, Simhi

English: Poison berry

Description

A prickly shrub, with ovate-oblong leaves, 8-10, bluish-purple flowers on extra-axillary racemes, globose, orange-red berries containing minutely pitted, brownish-yellow seeds.

Useful part

Root, fruits

Medicinal Uses

diarrhoea, leprosy, skin diseases, cough, asthma, bronchitis, amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, fever, cardiac disorders, vomiting, ringworm, cancer

Major chemical constituents

solasonine, diosgenin, β-sitosterol, lanosterol, solamargine, solasodine, tomatidenol, carpesterol