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   MH175 : Solanum surattense Burm. f.

Plant Category : Herbs
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 348
Synonym : Solanum diffusum Roxb.; Solanum jacquini Willd.; Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad. & Wendl.;
Plant Common Name : Bhui- Ringani, Bitter brinjal, Sundaka, Mullu Sundai, Gulakai, Kantakari,

Plant Family : Solanaceae
Description : Prostrate, diffuse prickly herb; prickles up to 15 mm long, yellow. Stem and branches glabrous to stellate pubescent. Leaves 30-80 x 25-50 mm, elliptic-oblong, sinuate to deeply lobed, dark-green above; lobes unequal, obtuse or acute, often toothed or lobulate. Flowers 2-4, purple; on peduncled cymes. Peduncle 10-20 mm long. Calyx lobes 5 mm long, acute, prickly. Corolla limb 2-2.8 cm broad; lobes 10-12 mm long, ovate-triangular. Anthers 7.5 mm long, elongated. Berry globose, 15-20 mm broad. Seeds discoid, smooth to faintly reticulate. Fl. Per.: Mostly throughout the year.
Plant Location in Melghat :

Medicinal Use / Activity : Panchang (whole herb including roots) and berries, have anthelmintic property, useful in bronchitis, asthma, fever relieving, thirst and given in urinary concretions. The leaves have good application for piles. The fruit is laxative. Fumigations with the vapour of the burning seeds of this plant are found useful for the cure of toothache. Plant used as diuretic, in dropsy, leaves applied locally to relieve pain in rheumatism.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: solasodine;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0):

Plant's Current Status : -
Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142
Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=230005939
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~ Sridevi Muruhan, Senthil Selvaraj and Pugalendi Kodukkur Viswanathan; "In vitro antioxidant activities of Solanum surattense leaf extract"; Asian Pac J Trop Biomed (2013); 3(1): 28-34 PMID : 23570013

~ Chen S; "Natural products triggering biological targets - a review of the anti-inflammatory phytochemicals targeting the arachidonic acid pathway in allergy asthma and rheumatoid arthritis."; Curr Drug Targets (2011); 12(3): 288-301 PMID : 20955151

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~ Abeynayake Pemadasa, Jansz Manori, Rajoria Kshpira and Singh Sarvesh Kumar; "Role of Rajayapana basti with reference to Duchenne muscular Dystrophy: A review"; Int. J. Res. Ayurveda Pharm. (2016); 7(4): 7-10 PMID :

~ Balaji Kasirajan, Rajadurai Maruthamuthu, Vidhya Gopalakrishnan, Krithika Arumugam, Hudson Asirvatham, Vidya Murali, Ramya Mohandass and Anusha Bhaskar; "A database for medicinal plants used in treatment of asthma"; Bioinformation (2007); 2(3): 105-106 PMID :

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~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); 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 surattense

Solanum surattense
Solanum surattense
Solanum surattense
Solanum surattense
Solanum surattense