Monday 18 December 2023

Solanum violaceum - ചെറുചുണ്ട

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Solanum violaceum - ചെറുചുണ്ട

 



Solanum violaceum

Scientific classification 
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species:
S. violaceum
Binomial name
Solanum violaceum
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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.

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

References Link :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_violaceum
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