Solanum villosum Mill.Family: Solanaceae
Synonyms: Solanum miniatum Bernh. ex Willd. , Solanum nigrum var. humile (Bernh. ex Willd.) C.Y. Wu & S.C. Huang
- English: hairy nightshade, red nightshade, woolly nightshade
- Sanskrit: कोविदारः Kovidaraha, रक्तकोविदारः Raktokovidaraha
- Welsh: Codwarth coch
- German: Gelbfrüchtiger Nachtschatten
- Dutch: Donsnachtschade
- Swedish: Gul nattskatta
- Chinese: 红果龙葵
- Finnish: Myskikoiso
- French: Morelle ailée, Morelle noire
- Romanian: zirna galbena
Description: Herbs erect, 40-60 cm tall, much branched; pubescence of simple, sometimes glandular hairs. Stems pubescent, often angular. Petiole 5-10 mm, winged; leaf blade ovate to elliptic, 3-7 × 2-4 cm, sparsely pubescent, base cuneate, decurrent, margin entire, sinuate, or coarsely dentate, apex acute. Inflorescences extra-axillary, umbellate; peduncle 1 cm, unbranched. Pedicel 4-6 mm. Calyx 2 × 1-1.5 mm, puberulent; lobes obtuse, less than 1 mm, ciliate, sinuses rounded. Corolla white or purplish, sometimes drying yellowish, 5-7 × 8-10 mm; lobes ovate-lanceolate, ca. 3 mm, ciliate, strongly spreading and reflexed. Filaments 1.5-1.8 mm, pubescent; anthers ca. 2 mm. Style 3-4.5 mm, pilose at base. Fruiting pedicel 1-1.5 cm, pubescent. Berry red, orange, or yellow, often bright, globose, 6-8 mm in diam. Seeds discoid, ca. 1 mm.
Veterinary medicine, crushed fruit given for mouth and nose diseases of chicken. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
46 Published articles of Solanum villosum
