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Botanical Name:
Solanum xanthocarpum
Kantakari consists of mature, dried whole plant of Solanum
surattense Burm. f., (Synonym Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad. &
Wendl), Family Solanaceae
Common Name(s) in English & Indian Languages
Sanskrit: Kantakari Nidigadhika
Assamese: Birkulitita
English: Yellow-Berried Nightshade, Thorny Nightshade
Guajarati: Bhoyaringani
Hindi: Kateli, Katai Ringani
Kannada: Chikchundi, Cikkasonde, Gulla, Kallante, Kantakari,
Kante, Nelagulla
Malayalam: Kandankattiri
Marathi: Bhonyaringani, Bhuiringani, Kanteringani
Oriya: Vyaghri
Tamil: Kandankattiri
Telugu: Pinnamulaka, Nelamulaka, Vankuda
Urdu: Katai, Koteli Khurd
Botanical description:
Annual herb, erect, 25-100 cm high, pubescent with simple
hair. Stems are often angular, sparsely-pubescent. The
blades of the leaves are ovate, the bases are cuneate, 4-10
and 3-7 cm wide, pubescent, entire or coarsely dentate, the
apex is obtuse. Inflorescences are extra-axillary umbels,
the calyx cup-shaped, the corolla is white, 8-10 mm long ,
the lobes ovate-oblong, pubescent abaxially, ciliate
spreading. Filaments are 1-1.5 mm long, anthers oblong,
2.5-3.5 mm. Fruiting pedicels are strongly deflexed. The
fruiting calyx is applied to the berry. The fruits are dull
black, globose, 8-10 mm in diameter.
Parts used:
Dried roots
Major chemical constituent:
Glucoalkaloids and sterols
Therapeutic uses:
• Tastelessness (Aruci)
• Asthma (Svasa)
• Fever (Jvara)
• Cough (Kasa)
• Chronic rhinitis (Pinasa)
• Hoarseness of voice (Svarabheda)
• Intercostal neuralgia and pleurodynia (Parsvasula) |
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