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Solanum surattense Burm. f.
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- Local Name:
- Mokri.
- Synonym:
- S. xanthocarpum Schrad. & J. C. Wendl.
- Habit & Habitat:
- It is a prickly, branched, prostrate herb, common in sub-tropical zone.
- Plant Description:
- Leaves simple, elliptic-oblong, margin repand to wavy, dark green above. Inflorescence peduncled cymes. Flower actinomorphic, purple-mauve. Calyx lobes acute, prickly. Corolla lobes ovate to triangular. Anther yellow. Fruit a berry, globose, yellow.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- March-November.
- Harvesting Time:
- May-December.
- Medicinal Value:
- It has expectorant, digestive and diuretic properties. Locally some herbalists use infusion of whole plant in epilepsy, dropsy and typhoid. Berries are used for toothache and sore throat.
- Part Used:
- Fruit, leaf and root.
- Occurrence:
- Common.
- Future Perspective:
- Collection, Cultivation, Herbal Pharmacy.
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