Solanum nigrum L. Solanaceae

Batsatsashvili, Ketevan; Mehdiyeva, Naiba P.; Kikvidze, Zaal; Khutsishvili, Manana; Maisaia, Inesa; Sikharulidze, Shalva; Tchelidze, David; Alizade, Valida M.; Zambrana, Narel Y. Paniagua; Bussmann, Rainer W.

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“…Sometimes used also to remedy snakebites and chest pain (Giday et al 2003). Solanum nigrum: The stems and roots are chewed to relieve toothache and inflammations of the gums (Batsatsashvili et al 2017;Bussmann et al 2014Bussmann et al , 2016aBussmann et al , b, c, 2017a2018;Bussmann 2017). In Pakistan, the species is used to treat leprosy (Ur-Rahman et al 2018), as well as breast cancer, diarrhea, febricity, ulcers, chicken pox, hyperglycemia, piles, cardiac pain, sore eyes, cuts and wounds (Umair et al 2019), gastralgia, andinfertility (Sher et al 2016).…”

Section: Local Medicinal Usesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Solanum nigrum: Mature fruits with sweetish taste are used in food raw (limited) (Bussmann et al 2011) and to make jam. Young leaves are used like spinach (Balemie et al 2006;Batsatsashvili et al 2017;Bussmann et al 2014Bussmann et al , 2016aBussmann et al , b, c, 2017a2018;Bussmann 2017).…”

Section: Local Food Usesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Leaves are applied to baking pans to avoid sticking of the dough (Luizza et al 2013). Solanum nigrum: A dye solution is prepared from flowers, leaves, and fruits to obtain yellow and orange colors and used for dyeing wool yarn as well as products made of wool (Batsatsashvili et al 2017;Bussmann et al 2014Bussmann et al , 2016aBussmann et al , 2016bBussmann et al , 2016cBussmann et al , 2017aBussmann et al , 2017b2018;Bussmann 2017). Solanum marginatum is used for dermatophytes (Yineger et al 2008).…”

Section: Local Handicraft and Other Usesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Solanum aculeastrum Dunal Solanum anguivi Lam. Solanum incanum L. Solanum nigrum L. Solanaceae

Bussmann

Paniagua-Zambrana

Njoroge

2020

Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa

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Botany and Ecology Solanum aculeastrum Dunal: Erect shrub to small tree, 1-6 m, prickly. Young stems terete, densely stellate-pubescent and prickly, with porrect to multangulate, sessile or variously stalked trichomes, the stalks to 2 mm long, the rays 8-12, 0.1-0.5 mm long, the midpoints shorter than the rays or up to 1 mm long, the prickles 8-17 mm long, 3-10 mm wide at base, curved, occasionally straight, strongly flattened, prominent, orange to orange-brown, glabrous to sparsely stellate-pubescent in the lower half, spaced 5-20 mm apart; bark of older stems stellate-pubescent to glabrescent, gray to red-brown or brown. Sympodial units plurifoliate. Leaves lobed, the blades 8-15 cm long, 6-12 cm wide, 1.5-2 times longer than wide, ovate, sometimes elliptic, chartaceous, drying strongly discolorous; adaxial surface red-green to yellow-green, glabrescent; abaxial surface white-gray, densely stellate-pubescent, with porrect and multangulate, sessile or stalked trichomes, the stalks to 0.1 mm long, the rays 8-12, 0.15-0.8 mm long, the midpoints same length as the rays or up to 1 mm long, with 0-2 prickles on both surfaces; the primary veins 3-6 pairs, the tertiary venation visible on both surfaces; base cordate to truncate, sometimes auriculate; margins lobed, the lobes 2-3 on each side, 1.5-4.5 cm long, extending 1/4-3/4 of the distance to the midvein, broaddeltate, often with secondary lobing, apically obtuse, sometimes rounded; apex acute; petiole 1.2-3 cm long, ca. 1/6 of the leaf blade length, densely stellatepubescent, with 0-2 prickles. Inflorescences apparently terminal or lateral, 3-6 cm long, unbranched or rarely branched, with 4-12 flowers, 1(-5) flowers open at any one time; axes densely stellate-pubescent, unarmed; peduncle 0-3.5 cm long; pedicels 1-3.5 cm long, erect, articulated at the base, densely stellate-pubescent, with 0-2 prickles on long-styled flowers, unarmed on short-styled flowers; pedicel scars spaced 1-4 mm apart. Flowers 5-merous, heterostylous and the plants andromonoecious, with the lowermost 1(-2) flowers long-styled and hermaphrodite, the distal flowers short-styled and staminate. Calyx 3-15 mm long, with 2-10 prickles in long-styled flowers, unarmed in short-styled flowers, the lobes 2-7 mm long, deltate, apically acute to apiculate, densely stellate-pubescent. Corolla 1.5-3.2 cm in diameter, white, sometimes mauve, stellate, lobed for 1/2-4/5 of the way to the base, the lobes 6-15 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, broad-deltate, spreading, densely stellate-pubescent abaxially, the trichomes porrect, sessile, the rays 8-12, 0.1-0.3 mm long, the midpoints shorter than the rays. Stamens equal, with the filament tube 2-3 mm long and the free portion of the filaments 0.5-1.5 mm long;

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Section: Local Medicinal Usesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Local Food Usesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Local Handicraft and Other Usesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Solanum aculeastrum Dunal Solanum anguivi Lam. Solanum incanum L. Solanum nigrum L. Solanaceae

Bussmann

Paniagua-Zambrana

Njoroge

2020

Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa

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“…The fruits serve as vitamin supplement in scurvy (Grossheim 1942;Fedorov 1949). The stems and roots are chewed to relieve toothache and inflammations of the gums (Batsatsashvili et al 2017;Bussmann et al 2014Bussmann et al , 2016aBussmann et al , b, c, 2017aBussmann et al , b, 2018Bussmann 2017). In Pakistan the species is used to treat leprosy (Ur-Rahman et al 2018), as well as breast cancer, diarrhea, febricity, ulcers, chicken pox, hyperglycemia, piles, cardiac pain, sore eyes, cuts, and wounds (Umair et al 2019), gastralgia and infertility (Sher et al 2016).…”

Section: Local Medicinal Usesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Mature fruits with sweetish taste are used in food raw (limited) (Bussmann et al 2011), and to make jam. Young leaves are used like spinach (Batsatsashvili et al 2017;Bussmann et al 2014Bussmann et al , 2016aBussmann et al , b, c, 2017aBussmann et al , b, 2018Bussmann 2017;Grossheim 1946;Flora of Azerbaijan 1950-1961; Fig. 4).…”

Section: Local Food Usesmentioning

confidence: 99%