Solanum Violaceum -Medicinal Plant

Leaves 5-12 x 4-7 cm, ovate or ovate-oblong, sinuately to deeply lobed, base rounded or unequal, apex subacute, sparsely stellate-hairy above, stellate-woolly beneath, prickly on the nerves; petiole to 2.5 cm long. Flowers bluish-violet in extra-axillary racemes; peduncle c. 4 cm long; pedicel to 8 mm long.

belongs to Solanaceae family which is traditionaly used for medicinal treatments. Leaf juice is used to stop vomiting and the seeds are used in the treatment of toothache (8). Fruits are considered anthelmintic, laxative and digestive; useful in pruritus, leucoderma and asthma