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'''Kakamachi''' is native to Eurasia and introduced in the Americas, Australasia, and South Africa. Parts of this plant can be toxic to livestock and humans. Nonetheless, ripe berries and cooked leaves of edible strains are used as food in some locales, and plant parts are used as a traditional medicine.
  
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==Uses==
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{{Uses|Ulcer}}, {{Uses|Indigestion}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Skin Diseases}}, {{Uses|Kidney problems}}, {{Uses|Jaundice}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
  
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'''Kakamachi''' European black nightshade (Solanum nigrum) or locally just black nightshade, duscle, garden nightshade, garden huckleberry, hound's berry, petty morel, wonder berry, small-fruited black nightshade, or popolo) is a species in the Solanum genus, native to Eurasia and introduced in the Americas, Australasia, and South Africa. Parts of this plant can be toxic to livestock and humans. Nonetheless, ripe berries and cooked leaves of edible strains are used as food in some locales, and plant parts are used as a traditional medicine.
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==Parts Used==
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{{Parts Used|Fruits}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}.
  
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==Chemical Composition==
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Phytochemical screening yielded alkaloids, saponins, tannins, flavonoids, and proteins<ref name="chemical composition"/>
  
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== Medicinal uses ==
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==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn=|ml=Mulaku-thakkali|sa=|ta=Manatakkali|te=Kasaka|hi=Mokoi|en=Black nightshade, Black-berry night shade}}
  
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*The plant has a long history of medicinal usage, dating back to ancient Greece. "... In the fourteenth century, we hear of the plant under the name of Petty Morel being used for canker and with Horehound and wine taken for dropsy." It was a traditional European medicine used as a strong sudorific, analgesic and sedative with powerful narcotic properties, but was considered a "somewhat dangerous remedy". Internal use has fallen out of favor in Western herbalism due to its variable chemistry and toxicity, but it is used topically as a treatment for herpes zoster.
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==Properties==
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Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
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===Dravya===
  
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*Kakamachi is an important ingredient in traditional Indian medicines. Infusions are used in dysentery, stomach complaints, and fever. The juice of the plant is used on ulcers and other skin diseases.The fruits are used as a tonic, laxative, appetite stimulant, and for treating asthma and "excessive thirst".Traditionally the plant was used to treat tuberculosis. It is known as peddakasha pandla koora in the Telangana region. This plant's leaves are used to treat mouth ulcers that happen during winter periods of Tamil Nadu, India. It is known as manathakkali keerai in Tamil Nadu and kaage soppu in Karnataka, and apart from its use as a home remedy for mouth ulcers, is used in cooking like spinach. In North India, the boiled extracts of leaves and berries are also used to alleviate liver-related ailments, including jaundice. In Assam, the juice from its roots is used against asthma and whooping cough.
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===Rasa===
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Tikta (Bitter)
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===Guna===
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Laghu (Light), Snigda (slimy)
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===Veerya===
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Ushna (Hot)
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===Vipaka===
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Katu (Pungent)
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===Karma===
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Kapha, Vata
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===Prabhava===
  
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*Kakamachi is a widely used plant in oriental medicine where it is considered to be antitumorigenic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, diuretic, and antipyretic.
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==Habit==
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{{Habit|Herb}}
  
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*Solanum nigrum is known to contain solasodine (a steroidal glycoalkaloid that can be used to make 16-DPA progenitor); a possible commercial source could be via cultivating the hairy roots of this plant.
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==Identification==
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===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|The leaves are Blade ovate, elliptic or diamond-shaped, thin, margin large-toothed or sometimes entire}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
  
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===Flower===
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{{Flower|Unisexual|6–14 mm|White|5|Flowers Season is July–October}}
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===Fruit===
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{{Fruit|Spherical|5–10 mm|black or sometimes green when ripe|slightly wider than long|-}}
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===Other features===
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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==Where to get the saplings==
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==Mode of Propagation==
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}.
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==How to plant/cultivate==
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Black nightshade is cultivated as a food crop on several continents, including Africa and North America. The leaves of cultivated strains are eaten after cooking<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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{{Commonly seen|Cultivated land}}, {{Commonly seen|Heaps of earth}}, {{Commonly seen|Wasteland areas}}.
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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File:Solanum Nigrum Berries.jpg
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</gallery>
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==References==
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<references>
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<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.stuartxchange.org/Lubi-lubi.html "chemical Constituents "]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/kukkakasvit/black-nightshade "plant description"]</ref>
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_nigrum "cultivation details"]</ref>
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</references>
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==External Links==
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* [http://naturalhomeremedies.co/Snigrum.html  Solanum nigram Linn on natural home remedies]
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* [https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/solanum-nigrum Solanum nigram Linn on science direct]
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* [https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/solanum/nigrum/ Solanum nigram Linn on gobotany.newenglandwild.org]
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* [http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Solanum_nigrum.htm Solanum nigram Linn on trophical rainforest plants]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 14:10, 13 June 2019

Kakamachi

Kakamachi is native to Eurasia and introduced in the Americas, Australasia, and South Africa. Parts of this plant can be toxic to livestock and humans. Nonetheless, ripe berries and cooked leaves of edible strains are used as food in some locales, and plant parts are used as a traditional medicine.

Uses

Ulcer, Indigestion, Fever, Skin Diseases, Kidney problems, Jaundice, Pimples, Diarrhea, Sore throats

Parts Used

Fruits, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Phytochemical screening yielded alkaloids, saponins, tannins, flavonoids, and proteins[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi Mokoi
Malayalam Mulaku-thakkali
Tamil Manatakkali
Telugu Kasaka
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Black nightshade, Black-berry night shade


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter)

Guna

Laghu (Light), Snigda (slimy)

Veerya

Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka

Katu (Pungent)

Karma

Kapha, Vata

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Alternate The leaves are Blade ovate, elliptic or diamond-shaped, thin, margin large-toothed or sometimes entire

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 6–14 mm White 5 Flowers Season is July–October

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Spherical 5–10 mm black or sometimes green when ripe slightly wider than long - {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

Black nightshade is cultivated as a food crop on several continents, including Africa and North America. The leaves of cultivated strains are eaten after cooking[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Cultivated land, Heaps of earth, Wasteland areas.

Photo Gallery

  • S.nigrum-3.JPG
  • Solanum Nigrum Berries.jpg
  • 20150606Solanum torvum1.jpg
  • 20150606Solanum torvum2.jpg
  • 20160928Solanum nigrum1.jpg
  • 20160928Solanum nigrum2.jpg

References

  1. ↑ "chemical Constituents "
  2. ↑ "plant description"
  3. ↑ "cultivation details"

External Links

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