Solanum americanum | Dava Bazaar in India

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Solanum americanum

Scientific Name and Description

Solanum americanum Mill

Herb Family

Solanaceae

Plant type

Herb

Plant Synonyms

Solanum americanum MILL.
Solanum adventitium Polgar
Solanum amarantoides Dunal
Solanum americanum var. nodiflorum (Jacq.) Edmonds
Solanum caribaeum Dunal
Solanum curtipes Bitter
Solanum depilatum Bitter
Solanum ganchouenense H. Lév.
Solanum gollmeri Bitter
Solanum humile Lam.
Solanum imerinense Bitter
Solanum inconspicuum Bitter
Solanum indecorum Rich.
Solanum inops Dunal
Solanum minutibaccatum Bitter
Solanum minutibaccatum var. curtipedunculatum Bitter
Solanum nigrum L.
Solanum nigrum var. americanum (Mill.) O.E. Schulz
Solanum nigrum var. atriplicifolium G. Mey.
Solanum nigrum var. minor Hook. f.
Solanum nigrum var. nodiflorum (Jacq.) A. Gray
Solanum nigrum var. pauciflorum Liou
Solanum nigrum var. virginicum L.
Solanum nodiflorum Jacq.
Solanum nodiflorum var. acuminatum Dunal
Solanum nodiflorum var. macrophyllum Dunal
Solanum nodiflorum var. petiolastrum Dunal
Solanum nodiflorum var. puberulum Dunal
Solanum nodiflorum var. sapucayense Chodat
Solanum oleraceum Dunal
Solanum parviflorum Badarò
Solanum photeinocarpum Nakam. & Odash.
Solanum pterocaulon Dunal
Solanum purpuratum Bitter
Solanum quadrangulare Thunb. ex L. f.
Solanum sciaphilum Bitter
Solanum tenellum Bitter
Solanum triangulare Lam.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English	black nightshade
Hindi	chirpoti, gurkamai, gurkkamai, kabaiya, kala-mako, kali-papotan, kamuni, mako, makoi, makoy, mukko, palpotan, uda-mako
Kannada	ganike, kaagehannina gida, kaaka maachae, kaaka munchee, kaake hannu, kaaki gida, kaaki hannu, kakamachi gida, kakarundi, kakmunchi, kanchi, kanka pitle, kare-ganike, kare-kanchi, karee kaachi, kari kaachi, kari kaachi gida, karikaachi gida, kempu kaachi, kempu kaachi gida, sunde kaachi
Malayalam	karimtakkali, karintakali, karuppu-manattakali, manatakkali, manattakali, manattakkali, manattan-kanni, nelen-tsjunda, tudavalam
Marathi	ghati, kaamoni, kamchi, kamoni, kangani, laghukavali, lalgooka batooli, meko, nakmachi
Sanskrit	bahuphala, bahutikta, dhvankshamachi, ghanaghana, guchhaphala, jaghenephala, kaka, kakahva, kakamachi, kakamaci, kakamata, kakini, kakmachi, kamatta, katuphala, kovidaraha, krishnakovidaraha, kushthaghni, rasayani, sarvatikta, sundari, svadupaka, vayasavha, vayasi
Tamil	cerunti, ceruntika, ceruntikacceti, cirutakkali,icuvaranaci, irekulicacceti, irekulicam, kakaci, kakam, kakamaci, kakamaral,kakamaram, kakateri, kali,kalika, kalikacceti, kalikam,kaliram, kamaratam, kamatacceti, kamatam, kanikam, kankaicarri, kannikacceti, kannikakalicceti, kannikam,kannikam,karceni, karmanakkali, karmanittakkali, karumanattakkali, karuppu-manattakkali, karuppumanattakkali, karuppumanittakkali, karuppumanittakkali,katteni, katuracatti, kutapalai, kuttattakkali, kuttikatakkali, kuttittakkali, kuvacavam, leccukacceti, manat takkali, manatakkali, manathakali, manathakkali, manattak-kali, manattakkali, mancara, mancarakkalicceti, mani thakkaali, manikkali, manithakkali, manittakkali, milagu-takkali, milagutakkali, milakutakkali, milakuttakkali, munna-takali-pullum, nacival, nakatemani, nalvarotayam, narumanattakkali, narumanattakkalicceti, nateni, natenikacceti, natenikam, niramanapalatti, palakanaikkattal, palakanaikkattan, pillaittakkali, pokitturitacceti, pokitturittam, pucitam, sukitti, tanalarri, ukkiram, ulakamata, ulakamata2, vatatukali, vatatukalicceti, vayacam, veci, venmilakutakkali, venmilakuttakkali, vennalarri, vitaikkantam, yamai, yampalkantan
Telugu	gajjucettu, gajuchettu, kaachi, kaakamaachi, kaamanchi, kacci, kaccipandu, kachi, kakamachi, kamanchi, kamanchi-chettu, kamanci, kanchi-chettu, kanchi-pandu, kanchi-pundu, kanchipoondu, kanchipundu, kasaka, nalla-kamanchi-chettu
Tibetan	smon sne u dmar po, smon sneu dmar po
Urdu	ab makoh, inab-us-salab (makoh), kaamuni, kamuni, mako, mako khushk, makoh khushk, makoh khuskh, makoh sabz, makoh sabz ka pani, maku, makuh khushk
Common names	American black nightshade, small-flowered nightshade, glossy nightshade

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Homoeopathy

Folk

Herb usable parts

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Solanum americanum Mill. Herb Whole plant Diabetes; lactagogue; antimicrobial; eczema; enhances fertility; fever; diarrhoea; malaria; cough; insecticidal; wormicidal; intestinal ulcers; oral health care; mouth sores; post natal complaints; improves vision; stomachache; ulcer; wound; blood spitting; fertility problems General Bhagat et al. 2016, Jain 2004, Kayani et al. 2014, Ramya 2008, Shanmugam et al. 2012