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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH287 : Solanum virginianum L.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Solanales
Family : Solanaceae
Genus : Solanum
Species : Solanum virginianum L.
Plant Location in Melghat :  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : SOLANACEAE  
 
Plant Common Name : Thorny Nightshade, Yellow Berried Nightshade, Thai eggplant • Hindi: Kateli,Oonth Kateli • Manipuri: Leipungkhanga • Marathi: Kateringani • Tamil: Kantankattiri • Malayalam: Kantakariccunta, Kantakarivalutana • Telugu: Nelamulaka, Vakudu • Kannada: Kantikari • Bengali: Kantakari • Oriya: Bheji-baigana • Konkani: Kante ringini • Sanskrit: Kantakari
 
Synonym : Solanum arabicum Dunal
Solanum armatum Forssk.
Solanum diffusum Roxb. ex Wall.
Solanum jacquinii Miq.
Solanum mairei H.Lév.
Solanum surattense Burm.f.
Solanum virginicum L.
Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.
Solanum xanthocarpum var. jacquinii (Willd.) Dunal
Solanum xanthocarpum var. schraderi Dunal
Description : Branched diffuse herbs, stems glandular hairy; prickles 2 cm long, spinescent, gradually or not broaden towards the base, present on all parts except berries. Leaves to 13 x 10 cm, lyrate, membranous; petioles to 8 cm long. Peduncle absent. Flowers 2-4 together, axillary; pedicel 2 cm long, stout; corolla 18 mm across, sparsely hispid. Berry 25 mm across, reddish, smooth; seeds flat, not pitted.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : The seeds are expectorant; They are used in the treatment of asthma and catarrh.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : solasodine
alpha-Solasonine
apigenin
beta-Solamarine
Carpesterol
Cycloartanol
DIOSGENIN
Esculetin
Esculin
Isochlorogenic acid
scopoletin
Scopolin
Sitosterol glucoside
Beta-sitosterol
Reference : ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :