Febrifuge plant
Solanum virginianum
Also known as Yellow berried Nightshade
About Febrifuge plant
Solanum virginianum, also called Surattense nightshade, yellow-fruit nightshade, yellow-berried nightshade, Indian nightshade, Thai green eggplant, or Thai striped eggplant (from the unripe fruit), is a medicinal plant used mostly in India. Some parts of the plant, such as the fruit, are poisonous. Solanum surattense Burm. f. and Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad. and Wendl. are synonyms of Solanum virginianum L. (Sharma et al., 2010).
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Solanum virginianum
- Genus
- Solanum
- Family
- SOLANACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Degraded forest areas, also along roadsides and wasteland
- Distribution
- India, Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Australia, Polynesia, Myanmar
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- कटेली Kateli, ऊंट कंटेली Oonth Kateli, भटकटैया
- Nepali
- कन्टकारी
- Bengali
- কংটকরী Kantakari, কন্টিকারি
- Tamil
- Kantankattiri, கண்டங்கத்தரி
- Telugu
- Nelamulaka, Vakudu
- Kannada
- ಕಂಟಕಾರಿ Kantakaari, ಕಿಱುಗುಳ್ಳ, ಕಿರುಗುಳ್ಳ Kirugulla
- Malayalam
- Kantakariccunta, Kantakarivalutana, കണ്ടകാരിച്ചുണ്ട
- Marathi
- काटेरिंगणी Kateringani
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
Febrifuge plant belongs to the Solanaceae family.
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