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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Solanum nigrum

Common Name
Lanment; Lung K'Uei; Morelle Noir; Yerba Mora; Lanman; Alaman; Morete; Long Kui; E'Nab Ath Tha'Lab; Inu-Hozuki; Ituzumu; Ranti; Manman Lanman; L'Homme; E'Nab Adh Dhib; Lanman Noir; Enab Ez Zhib; Gurkamai; Nightshade,Black; T'Ien P'Ao Ts'Ao; Terong meranti; Solatro Nero; Hierba Mora; Black Nightshade; Lao Ya Yen Ching Ts'Ao; Morelle Noire; T'Ien Ch'Ieh Tzu

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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
Hepatitis Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Hepatitis Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Hepatitis Elsewhere *
Hepatoma China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Hydragogue Elsewhere *
Hydragogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hypertension Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Inflammation China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Inflammation Elsewhere *
Inflammation Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Itch Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Kidney Elsewhere *
Laxative Elsewhere *
Leprosy Elsewhere *
Leucoderma Philippines *
Leucorrhea China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Lumbago Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Mouth Elsewhere *
Mouthwash Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Mouthwash Trinidad *