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Ethnobotanical Plant Solanum torvum

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

Activities

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
Rheumatism Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Sedative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Skin Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Spice not available Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Splenomegaly Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Sudorific Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Syphilis Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Urogenital Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.