Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adavimulaga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badikateri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banabatta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
battkakddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brhati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brihati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
byakh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
byakhe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
byako	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ceriyacunta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cheriachunda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ci tian qie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
indian nightshade	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kaashi usthe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kashiuste	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasiuste	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaslvuste	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raameshvara usthe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ramesvarauste	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ramesvaravuste	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rasangadi maanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
scheru-schunda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
solanum anguivi	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sonde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thiththa thibbatu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
tibbatu	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
uste	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ustekaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
usthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valutina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vusthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves	fresh plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Solanum chinense Dunal Hist. Nat. Solanum: 240 (1813).
Solanum kurzii Brace ex Prain J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 65: 541 (1896).
Solanum pubescens Heyne ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 3: 83 (1844), not validly publ.
Solanum sanitwongsei Craib Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928: 246 (1928).
Solanum anguivi Hook. Exot. Fl. 3: t. 199 (1826), nom. illeg.
Solanum coccineum Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 310 (1852), nom. illeg.
Solanum cuneatum Moench Methodus: 476 (1794).
Solanum ferox Jungh. ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 650 (1857), nom. illeg.
Solanum heynei Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 669 (1819).
Solanum indicum f. album C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang Fl. Yunnanica 2: 580 (1979).
Solanum indicum var. erosopinnatifidum Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 310 (1852).
Solanum indicum var. inerme Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. Observ. Bot. Descript. Pl. Nov. Herb. Van Heurckiani 2: 133 (1871).
Solanum indicum var. mesarchon Bitter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 16: 9 (1923).
Solanum indicum var. parvifolium Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 310 (1852).
Solanum indicum var. sinuatolobatum Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 309 (1852).
Solanum junghuhnii Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 649 (1857).
Solanum lividum Willd. ex Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 310 (1852).
Solanum nelsonii Zipp. ex Span. Linnaea 15: 337 (1841), not validly publ.
Solanum nivalomontanum C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(2): 74 (1978).
Solanum pinnatifidum Roth Nov. Pl. Sp.: 129 (1821), nom. illeg.
Solanum pubescens var. lobatum C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 231 (1883).
Solanum racemosum Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 26 (1790).
Solanum sodomeum Russ. ex Nees Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 55 (1834), not validly publ.
Solanum vincentii Delile ex Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 310 (1852), pro syn.
Solanum virginianum Russ. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2613 D (1831), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Solanum chinense Dunal	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Solanum kurzii Brace ex Prain	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Solanum kurzii Prain	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Solanum pubescens Heyne. ex Walp.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Solanum sanitwongsei Craib	Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Solanum sanitwongsei Craib.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Solanum violaceum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Solanum violaceum Ortega	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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