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

 Solanum nigrum (Solanaceae)

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Common name(s)
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 Country/Region Reference
Abdomen Elsewhere *
Abscess China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Ache(Stomach) Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Alexiteric China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Alterative Elsewhere *
Amygdalitis Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Analgesic Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Anasarca Elsewhere *
Anodyne Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Anthrax Elsewhere *
Antidote Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Antidote Elsewhere *
Antidote(Hippomane) Panama(Choco) *
Antidote(Opium) India(Gujarat) *
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Arthritis Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Asthma Trinidad *
Asthma Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Astringent China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Bactericide Elsewhere *
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*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.