Solanum violaceum, Cheruchunda, Cheruvazhuthana, Indian nightshade, ചെറുചുണ്ട, ചെറുവഴുതന

Family: Solanaceae
Vernacular names: Cheruchunda, Cheruvazhuthana, ചെറുചുണ്ട, ചെറുവഴുതന (Malayalam), Indian nightshade (English), Simhi (Sanskrit), Karimulli (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia
Description: Under shrubs. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, sinuately to deeply lobed. Flowers bluish-violet in extra-axillary racemes. Fruit a berry, globose; orange yellow when ripe.
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Evergreen, semi-evergreen and deciduous forests, also in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: August-December

Parts used: Root, leaves and fruits
Properties & Uses: Bitter, digestive, astringent, anthelmintic, stomachic and hypnotic. Roots are used for the treatment of leucoderma, asthma, fever, pain, bronchitis, vomiting and cardiac troubles. Fruits are used to treat pruritus, bronchitis, fever, vomiting and diseases of eye. Leaves juice is used to treat itching.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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