Solanum incanum L. - nightshade
Solanum incanum L. - nightshade
MS073 : Solanum incanum L.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 346 |
| Synonym | : | Solanum coagulans var. griseum Dunal.;
Solanum floccosistellatum Bitter.;
Solanum hierochuntinum Dunal.;
Solanum hierochuntinum var. lanuginosum Dunal.;
Solanum incanum subsp. horridescens Bitter.;
Solanum incanum subsp. schoanum Bitter.;
Solanum incanum var. brevitomentosum Bitter.;
Solanum incanum var. integrascens Bitter.;
Solanum incanum var. kavirondoense Bitter.;
Solanum incanum var. pluribaccatum Bitter.;
Solanum incanum var. unguiculatum (A.Rich.) Abedin, Al-Yahya, Chaudhary & J.S.Mossa;
Solanum melongena var. incanum (L.) Kuntze;
Solanum sanctum L.;
Solanum unguiculatum A.Rich.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Dorli, grey bitter-apple, thorn apple, bitter apple, bitterball, bitter tomato |
| Plant Family | : | Solanaceae |
| Description | : | a herb or soft wooded shrub up to 1.8 m in height with spines on the stem, stalks and calyces and with velvet hairs on the leaves. The leaves are alternate, egg-shaped in outline with broad end at base (ovate) with slightly wavy margins (especially on young leaves), with a grey-green upper surface and a green-white lower surface. The flowers are often borne in the leaf axils, sometimes solitary or in clusters of a few flowers. The yellow or white calyx is fused, the purple corolla regular, bell- or wheel shaped with 5 stamens. The globular fruits are yellow at the beginning, becoming black later on. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The plant is especially valued for its analgesic properties. All parts of the plant are used - usually the leaves, roots or fruits are used in decoction, or the roots are chewed or the sap swallowed. Conditions treated include a sore throat, angina, stomach-ache, colic, headache, painful menstruation, liver pain and pain caused by onchocerciasis, pleurisy, pneumonia and rheumatism. When used externally, the leaf paste, root infusions or the pounded fruits are rubbed into scarifications, the leaf sap is used for washing painful areas, and ash of burnt plants is mixed with fat and applied as an ointment. Conditions treated include skin infections, whitlow, ringworm, burns, sores, rashes, wounds, warts, carbuncles, ulcers and benign tumours. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: chlorogenic acid; adenosine; kaempferol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Kaempferol; Chlorogenic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/265866
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Solanum+incanum
- https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=150670
- https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/eafrinet/weeds/key/weeds/Media/Html/Solanum_incanum_(Sodom_Apple).htm |
| Reference | : | ~ Omolola Temitope Fatokun, Tosin Ejiro Wojuola, Kevwe Benefit Esievo and Oluyemisi Folashade Kunle; "Medicinal plants used in the management of Asthma: A review"; EJPMR (2016); 3(7): 82-92 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Behailu Bizuayehu and Belachew Garedew; "A review on the ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used for the treatment of gonorrhea disease in Ethiopia"; Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources (2018); 9(3): 183-193 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Solanales |
| Family | : Solanaceae - Potato family |
| Genus | : Solanum L. - nightshade |
| Species | : Solanum incanum L. - nightshade |