How do you identify Solanum nigrum?
Black Nightshade is a native erect annual, growing from 6 to 24 inches high, with round, slender, hollow, branching stems that are slightly hairy and sometimes show purple at the joints. The leaves are alternate, a dull green to dark green, long ovate, with pointed tips and long slender grooved stalks.
What are the benefits of Solanum nigrum?
Health Benefits of Solanum Nigrum Extract
- As Anti-oxidant. Who knows that Solanum Nigrum that has toxin content, have anti-oxidant content that is useful for our body.
- As Anti-Cancer. Solanum Nigrum is believed that it has anti-cancer content.
- As Antipyretic.
- Help to prevent scurvy.
- Cures Ulcer.
- Cures Skin Diseases.
Which family is Solanum nigrum?
Nightshade
Black nightshade/Family
What is the class of Solanum nigrum?
Magnoliopsida
Data Quality Indicators:
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Superorder | Asteranae |
| Order | Solanales |
| Family | Solanaceae – nightshades, solanacées |
| Genus | Solanum L. – nightshade |
Is Solanum nigrum annual?
Blackberry nightshade (Solanum nigrum) is an annual (and sometimes perennial) herbaceous plant, native to Europe, that grows between 0.1 m and 1 m in height.
What is Solanum nigrum extract?
Leaves of the plant Solanum nigrum are used in folklore medicine to treat oral ulcers in India. Aqueous extract of Solanum nigrum leaves has protective effect on chemotherapy and chemoradiotherapy induced oral mucositis in rats.
What is Solanum family?
Nightshade/Family
What is the common name of Solanum nigrum in India?
Black Nightshade
Solanum nigrum – Black Nightshade.
How does Solanum nigrum spread?
Spread by seed. Up to 178,000 seeds can be produced by one plant. Seed production favoured by long photoperiod and high light intensity. Early germinating plants takes 7-9 weeks before flowering whilst late germinating plants take 5-6 weeks before flowering.
What kind of flowers does Solanum indicum have?
Seasonal migration and reproduction are usually treated separately. A shrub up to l0 ft high, branches herbaceous. Stem and branches often with curved prickles; young parts, inflorescene, leaves with stellate tomentose. Leaves ovate or oblong, serrate or obtusely lobed. Flower bluish- purple in extra-axillary cyme.
What are the uses of the Solanum plant?
The Solanum plant is reported to be bitter, acrid, astringent, carminative, stomachic, resolvent, demulcent, diuretic, emmenagogue, febrifuge, and cardiotonic. It is useful in the treatment of asthma, catarrh, dropsy, chest pain, chronic fever, colic, dry and spasmodic cough, oedema, scorpion stings, difficult urination, and worm infestation.
What is the history of Solanum indicum Linn?
Solanum indicum Linn.: An ethnopharmacological, phytochemical and pharmacological review Background: Since ancient time human beings have been dependent on natural products for their primary healthcare requirements. Solanum indicum Linn.