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Solanum melongena

Common Name
Ch'Ieh; Aubergine; Nasu; Berenjena; Belinjele; Melongene; K'Un Lun Kua; Terong manis (Sweet eggplant); Lo Su; Berengine; Terong ungu (Purple eggplant); Terong hijau (Green eggplant); Ch'Ieh Ken; Nasubi; Strychnos Kepaios; Enchong; Baingan; Beregene; Eggplant; Berengene; Berengena

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Caries Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Carminative China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cholera Elsewhere *
Diuretic Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Dysentery India(Santal) *
Dysuria Elsewhere *
Enterorrhagia China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Eruption Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Expectorant English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Flux China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Gonorrhea Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Hemorrhage China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Hepatitis Elsewhere *
Hypertension Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Hypnotic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Kidney Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Labor Amboina *
Liver Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Narcotic Elsewhere *
Nervine Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.