Solanum anguivi

Solanum anguivi is a plant indigenous to non-arid parts of Africa, and is commonly known as forest bitterberry or African eggplant, although the latter term is most commonly associated with Solanum aethiopicum.

Solanum anguivi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Solanum
Species:	S. anguivi
Binomial name
Solanum anguivi Lam.
Synonyms
List Solanum aethiopicum subsp. anguivi (Lam.) Banfi, Galasso & Bartolucci Solanum albidum De Wild. Solanum albiflorum De Wild. Solanum aurantiacobaccatum De Wild. Solanum batangense Dammer Solanum buettneri Dammer Solanum carvalhoi Dammer Solanum cultum De Wild. Solanum dichroanthum Dammer Solanum dinklagei Dammer Solanum distichum Schumach. & Thonn. Solanum flamignii De Wild. Solanum grotei Dammer Solanum halophilum Pax Solanum hermannii Dunal Solanum indicum var. brevipedicellatum Bitter Solanum indicum subsp. distichum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Bitter Solanum indicum subsp. mesodolichum Bitter Solanum indicum subsp. pervilleanum Bitter Solanum indicum var. pseudogeminifolium (Dammer) Bitter Solanum jaegeri Dammer Solanum jespersenii De Wild. Solanum kandtii Dammer Solanum keniense Turrill Solanum lividum Link Solanum mesodolichum (Bitter) Pic.Serm. Solanum newtonii Dammer Solanum nguelense Dammer Solanum occidentale Dunal Solanum olivaceum Dammer Solanum orthocarpum Pic.Serm. Solanum pseudogeminifolium Dammer Solanum recurvum Hoffmanns. Solanum rederi Dammer Solanum rohrii C.H.Wright Solanum ruwenzoriense De Wild. Solanum sakarense Dammer Solanum scalare C.H.Wright Solanum schroederi Dammer Solanum senegambicum Dunal Solanum sodomeum L. Solanum spathotrichum Dammer Solanum stuhlmannii Dammer Solanum ueleense De Wild. Solanum urosepalum Dammer Solanum wildemanii Dammer ex De Wild. & T.Durand Solanum yangambiense De Wild.

It is a traditional ethnomedicine in India.

References

• Elekofehinti, O. O.; Kamdem, J. P.; Bolingon, A. A.; Athayde, M. L.; Lopes, S. R.; Waczuk, E. P.; Kade, I. J.; Adanlawo, I. G.; Rocha, J. B. (October 2013). "African eggplant (Solanum anguivi Lam.) fruit with bioactive polyphenolic compounds exerts in vitro antioxidant properties and inhibits Ca(2+)-induced mitochondrial swelling". Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. 3 (10): 757–66. doi:10.1016/S2221-1691(13)60152-5. PMC 3761133. PMID 24075339.
• Elekofehinti, O.O; Kamdem, J.P; Kade, I.J; Rocha, J.B.T; Adanlawo, I.G (2013). "Hypoglycemic, Antiperoxidative and Antihyperlipidemic effects of saponins from Solanum anguivi lam. Fruit in alloxan-induced diabetic Rats". South African Journal of Botany. 88: 56–61. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.04.010.