Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amarakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anchangti	Other	Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
asaman-ntorewa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
asantewa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
ban bibi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bedru	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
beduru	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
berenjena cimarrona	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bhurat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bibi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bihi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
borasunde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bovasonde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bovasunde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brhati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
busende	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
busunde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cenkuronikacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cenkuronikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chunda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chundai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chunde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chusai	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
cularkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cularkaycceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cunta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuntai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuntai varral	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuntankay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curacica	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curapakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curuntaikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curutkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuvacakacokkini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devil's-fig	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dhoravaange	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
doralee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gauta	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
gonabatu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
henji	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
iruttiyakuttam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jurubeba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
jurubeba-branca	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
kaada kallatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu badane	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu kadane	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu kallate	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu kallunte	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu sonde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadakadana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadakallate	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadchunde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadubadene	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadusonde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamsar kambar	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kancakacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kancakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karase	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karashe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katchunde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katikipalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattucunta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katukallante	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
konda vusti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kondavuste	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kottukkattari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaiccuntai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malasundai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mirámira furúda	Other	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
nattuccuntai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nsusuaa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
nsusuwa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
nwomenle ndolora	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
nwomenle nyanya	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
padarchunda	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
pasanamaini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pea eggplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pitiratakacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitiratakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pittalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pittatincam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
plate brush	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
platebrush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pokak	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
puttaricunta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samanntroba	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
sesa taatsho	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
seti bihi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
shui qie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
shundakkayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sonde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sonde gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sundai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sundaikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sundakkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
susruba	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
susumber	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
takokak	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tehenyi	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
terong pipit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
terongan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
teufels-nachtschatten	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
thibbatu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
thulo bihi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tibaigum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tit-baigun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
titbagun	Other	Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
torvum	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
tottitanaipparpamakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turkeyberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
usti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vitamin b complex fruit	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
ärtaubergin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit, Leaves, Root, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
fruit	mature fresh or dried fruits	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
leaf, root		Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
root, fruit		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
root, fruit		Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007)
Fruit, Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 32 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Solanum mammosum Herb. ex Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 260 (1852).
Myristica fatua var. compactum C.H.Wright in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 231 (1906).
Solanum acanthifolium Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 260 (1852).
Solanum amoenum Jungh. Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 7: 309 (1840).
Solanum campechiense Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 260 (1852).
Solanum crotonoides Michx. ex Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 260 (1852).
Solanum daturifolium Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 261 (1852).
Solanum daturifolium var. albescens Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 261 (1852).
Solanum ficifolium Ortega Nov. Pl. Descr. Dec.: 116 (1800).
Solanum heterophyllum Balb. ex Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 260 (1852), not validly publ.
Solanum largiflorum C.T.White Queensland Agric. J., n.s., 8: 170 (1917).
Solanum maccai Bertero ex Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 260 (1852).
Solanum mannii C.H.Wright Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 129 (1894).
Solanum mayanum Lundell Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 8: 85 (1942).
Solanum obtusifolium Hartw. ex Sendtn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 10: 95 (1846).
Solanum pseudosaponaceum Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 702 (1826).
Solanum sanctum Jan ex Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 260 (1852).
Solanum silarium Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2627 (1831).
Solanum stramoniifolium Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 2: 22 (1794), nom. illeg.
Solanum torvum f. apaense Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 230 (1918).
Solanum torvum var. daturifolium O.E.Schulz Symb. Antill. 6: 236 (1909).
Solanum torvum f. gardneri Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 230 (1918).
Solanum torvum f. grandifolium O.E.Schulz ex O.C.Schmidt Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 32: 93 (1933).
Solanum torvum var. inerme Nees Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 54 (1834).
Solanum torvum var. integerrimum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 455 (1891).
Solanum torvum var. lanatum Sendtn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 10: 95 (1846).
Solanum torvum var. pleiotomum C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(2): 73 (1978).
Solanum torvum var. polyacanthum Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 648 (1861).
Solanum torvum var. rubiginosum Sendtn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 10: 95 (1846).
Solanum torvum var. scabrescens Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 648 (1861).
Solanum torvum var. sinuatolobatum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 455 (1891).
Solanum wightii Miq. ex C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 234 (1883), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Solanum mammosum	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Solanum torvum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998)
Solanum torvum Sw.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Solanum torvum Swartz	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Fijian Medicinal Plants (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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