Botanical name : Solanum anguivi Lam.

Family : Solanaceae SANSKRIT SYNONYMS Brihati, Simhi AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES Rasa : Tikta, Katu, Kashaya Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha Virya : Ushna PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES English : Poison berry Hindi : Barhanta Malayalam : Putharichunda, Cheruchunda Distribution Throughout India growing wild in planes. PLANT DESCRIPTION A prickly shrub grows up to 1.5 meters in height. Leaves simple, ovate, lobed, prickly on both surfaces; flowers pale blue or white, in axillary cyme. Fruits globose berries, greenish yellow, contain large number of small smooth compressed seeds. MEDICINAL PROPERTIES Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, skin diseases, urinary retention, fever, cough, asthma, dysmenorrhea, colic, flatulence and constipation. Useful part : Root, FruitClassification:
Solanum anguivi Lam. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report. Kingdom Plantae Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida Dicotyledons Subclass Asteridae Order Solanales Family Solanaceae Potato family Genus Solanum L. nightshade Species Solanum anguivi Lam.