Biology:Solanum violaceum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Solanum |
| Species: | S. violaceum
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| Solanum violaceum Ortega
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Solanum violaceum is a flowering plant in the family Solanaceae that is found in China at elevations of 100 to 2700 meters.[2][1]
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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Solanum violaceum Ortega". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:821485-1.
- ↑ "Tropicos | Name - Solanum violaceum Ortega". http://www.tropicos.org/Name/29604805. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
- ↑ Solanaceae in Indian tradition folklore, and medicine. 1986. pp. 577–583.
- ↑ "Methanol extract of Solanum violaceum root possesses antiobesity, hypolipidemic, thrombolytic and membrane stabilizing activity". Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal 22 (1): 96–102. 2018. doi:10.12991/mpj.2018.47.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q10910406 entry
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