Soondakai PRODUCT NAME
Solanum torvum Sw. = Heptapleurum stellatum Gaertn. Hedera obovata Wt. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Soondakai |
| Local Name: | Soondakai (Kurumba); Mullu soonda/Sithruva (Irula); Tamil-Sundai |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
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| Product Description: | A small shrub with thorns. Flower: In corymbose, extra axillary cymes, white Fruit: A globose berry, green ripening to yellow. Seeds many, circular, smooth. Whole plant is coated with a white dust which comes off on handling. Leaf sparsely stellate, pubescent above. |
| NTFP Classification: | Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Hills above 700m less in the plains, along wastelands and roadsides. Sometimes cultivated for the fruit |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | fruits |
| Uses: | Fruits edible after processing; also reputed to cure asthma. Juice of fruit a medicine for stomach disorders, For relief from dandruff the paste of fruit applied to scalp. |
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| Partners: | Keystone Foundation |
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