SOLANUM MAMMOSUM
SOLANUM MAMMOSUM
BOTANICAL
NAME: Solanum mammosum Linn.
FAMILY:
Solanaceae
COMMON NAMES:
Nipple nightshade
DESCRIPTION:
An annual herb, erect, branching, villous stem with scattered prickles. The
leaves are alternate, large, irregularly angular, subcordate, lobed, prickly on
both sides and very villous, yellow-nerved,on the lower surface, the midrib
furnished with dark-yellow prickles. Flowers pale blue, violet or grayish on
scattered panicle. The berries are yellow, each formed like a teat, whence the
specific name.
DISTRIBUTION:
West India; growing in hedges and cultivated places.
PART USED:
Ripe berries
HOMEOPATHY
Coxalgia.
Hemoptysis. Irritability. Abnormal sleep. Difficult thought. Effects of
tobacco.
POTENCY: 1X
and higher.
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