Plant Details

Accepted name:: Solanum aviculare G.Forst. [Solanaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
gunyang	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kangaroo apple	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kangaroo-apple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kantakaari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
koonyang	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mayakitch	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
meakitch	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mookitch	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
poroporo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
queensland-känguruapfel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rött känguruäpple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves, stem, flower, fruit		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Solanum aviculare var. brisbanense Geras. Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada 59: 72 (1965).
Solanum aviculare var. typicum Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89: 574 (1928).
Solanum brisbanense (Geras.) Geras. Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 7: 273 (1971).
Solanum pinnatifolium Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 133 (1796).
Solanum aviculare var. acutifolium Korneva Rastitel'n. Resury 8: 512 (1972), without type.
Solanum aviculare var. albiflorum Cheeseman Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 52: 11 (1920).
Solanum aviculare var. grandiflorum Korneva Rastitel'n. Resury 8: 511 (1972), without type.
Solanum aviculare var. grandifolium Korneva Rastitel'n. Resury 8: 511 (1972), without type.
Solanum aviculare var. hybridum Korneva Rastitel'n. Resury 8: 513 (1972), without type.
Solanum aviculare var. latifolium G.T.S.Baylis Austral. J. Bot. 11: 168 (1963).
Solanum aviculare var. patulum Korneva Rastitel'n. Resury 8: 512 (1972), without type.
Solanum baylisii Geras. Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 7: 272 (1971).
Solanum cheesemanii Geras. Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 7: 271 (1971).
Solanum dispar Loisel. ex Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 69 (1852).
Solanum glaberrimum Dunal in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 3: 747 (1814).
Solanum pinnatifidum Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 2: 17 (1794).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Solanum aviculare Forst. f.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Solanum aviculare Forster	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Solanum aviculare G. Forst.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Solanum aviculare G.Forst.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Solanum aviculare G.Forst. brisbanense Geras.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Solanum aviculare G.Forst. typicum Domin	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Solanum brisbanense (Geras.)Geras.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Solanum pinnatifolium Salisb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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