Details of Plants:Solanum indicum

Plant details

Family: Solanaceae
Phytochemicals

Limonene
Linalylbutanoate
Paracymene
Phytol
α-bisabolol Acetate
β-damascenone
NE-statewise availability

Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Nagaland
Tripura
Vernacular Name

Tripura: Gurkamai
Nagaland: Kikhwii (Angami)
Assam: Sabangang
Arunachal Pradesh: Soekhah
Ailments cured

Diabetes
Diarrhoea
Dysentery
Gastritis
Hypertension
Plant parts used and methods

Fruit: Decoction taken orally
Flower: Taken orally
Leaves: Taken orally
Plant References

Tangjanga. S; et al. An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in the Eastern Himalayan zone of Arunachal Pradesh; India; Journal of Ethnopharmacology 134; 18–25; 2011.

Sajem. A. L; Gosai. K; Traditional use of medicinal plants by the Jaintia tribes in North Cachar Hills district of Assam, northeast India, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2:33, 2006.

Chase. P.E; Singh. O.P. Ethnomedicinal plants used by Angami tribe of Nagaland, India. Indian Journal of Tropical Biodiversity. (1):29-42, 2013.

Debbarma. M; et al.Traditional Knowledge Of Medicinal Plants In Tribes Of Tripura In Northeast, India, Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med., 14 (4): 156-168, 2017.

Phytochemical References

Kaunda, J, S; Zhang, Y, J; The genus solanum: an ethnopharmacological, phytochemical and biological properties review. Natural products and bioprospecting 9.2: 77-137, 2019.