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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Solanum incanum (Solanaceae)

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Stomach) Ethiopia *
Ache(Tooth) Africa *
Anodyne Ethiopia *
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Carcinogenic Elsewhere *
Chest Elsewhere *
Gonorrhea Ethiopia *
Piscicide Elsewhere *
Poison Elsewhere *
Poison(Arrow) Elsewhere *
Rennet Elsewhere *
Rennet 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.
Rennet Sudan Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Sore(Throat) Africa *
Tumor South Africa Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.