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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Solanum torvum

Common Name
Z'Amorette; Berenjena Cimarrona; Poka; Terong pipit puteh (Wht sparro; Soushumber; Tabacon

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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
Ache(Tooth) India *
Antidote Philippines Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Arthritis Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Asthma Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Bladder Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Convulsion Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Cough Elsewhere *
Cough Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Cough Sierra Leone Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Cracked feet Malaya *
Digestive Elsewhere *
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Diuretic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Fumitory Malaya *
Gout Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Hemostat Cameroon *
Narcotic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Parturition Philippines Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Poison Australia *
Resolvent Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.