Solanum americanum, Karimthakkali, Manathakkali, Apple of Sodom, കരിംതക്കാളി, മണത്തക്കാളി

Family: Solanaceae
Vernacular names: Karimthakkali, Manathakkali, കരിംതക്കാളി, മണത്തക്കാളി (Malayalam), Apple of Sodom (English), Kakamachi (Sanskrit), Makoy (Hindi), Manatakkali (Tamil)
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Description: Herbs. Leaves ovate or elliptic, base rounded, shortly decurrent on the petiole. Inflorescence axillary to extra-axillary umbellate cymes. Flowers white. Fruit a berry, globose; seeds discoid, minutely pitted.
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Degraded moist deciduous forest areas and riversides, also in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: March-November

Parts used: Whole plant
Properties & Uses: Whole plant is bitter, pungent, heating, laxative, alternative, diuretic, and aphrodisiac. It is used to treat leprosy, piles, dysentery, fever, urinary diseases, eye diseases, hiccough, vomiting, jaundice, heart ailments, improves voice and increase semen. Root bark is used to treat the diseases of ear, eye and nose, burning of the throat, inflammation of the liver, chronic fever and griping. Fruits are used to treat fever and inflammation. Seeds are used to treat giddiness, thirst and inflammation. Juice of leaves used to treat chronic enlargement of liver.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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