Solanum rudepannum Dunal (= S. torvum Sw.)

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 162

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380

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scientific name

Solanum rudepannum Dunal (= S. torvum Sw.)
status

 

Solanum rudepannum Dunal (= S. torvum Sw.)

Names.

Myanmar: kazaw-kha, kayan-kazaw. English: wild eggplant.

Range.

New World tropics.

Use.

Fruit: Used to treat diabetes.

Notes.

Medicinal uses of this species in India are discussed in Jain and DeFilipps (1991).

The chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, and use of this species as a hunting poison and medicinal plant in Africa are discussed by Neuwinger (1994).

Reference.

Nordal (1963).

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Solanaceae

Genus

Solanum