Traditional Herbs from Solanum lasiocarpum

swelling

Prepare the Dayak eggplant leaves and wash them until clean.
Crush them until they become a paste.
Apply the leaf paste on the swollen skin.

fever

Take enough Dayak eggplant roots then wash until clean.
Boil until boiling.
Let it warm then use it for bathing.

What is Solanum lasiocarpum Looks like??

Parts of Solanum lasiocarpum that could be used

Leaves
Seeds
Flowers
Roots

Solanum lasiocarpum Distribution

Dayak eggplant originates from East Asia, spreading to China, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. In India, Thailand and Malaysia, Dayak eggplant fruit is widely used to add sour taste to curries, while in Thailand, a special sauce called 'nam prek' is also made from the fruit. In Indonesia, it is only known that on the mainland of Kalimantan, this eggplant grows, then this eggplant has a very sour taste so it is often used as a vegetable ingredient and a mixture of chili sauce. According to research results, this plant shows antibacterial and repellent activity, and the leaves are considered capable of being a diaphoretic (removes sweat), emetic (vomiting), and expectorant (phlegm thinner). This plant has also been used in various countries as traditional medicine, such as India, Bangladesh, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Agroecology of Solanum lasiocarpum
Dayak eggplant grows in humid tropical areas, where it is found at altitudes of up to 1,500 m above sea level. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are in the range of 24 - 30 °C, but can tolerate 10 - 35 °C. This plant prefers an average annual rainfall in the range of 1,200 - 2,000 mm, but tolerates 800 - 4,200 mm. Succeeds in full sun and shade. Can grow in various types of fertile and well-drained soil. Prefers pH in the range of 5.5 - 7, tolerates 4.5 - 7.5.
Morphology of Solanum lasiocarpum

The solid stem of spineus is spiny and hairy like a star.
The leaves are broadly ovate, 15 - 20 cm long, 12 - 23 cm wide, lobed at the edges, and densely covered with stiff hairs on the top and bristles fine hairs and prickly spines under the leaf veins, lobes are triangular and 2.5 - 4 cm deep.
Flowers are borne on short, funnel-shaped petals lobes ovate-triangular. Corolla densely hairy outside, white, oblong, 2 - 2.5 cm long.
Berries, yellow, round, 2.5 - 3.5 cm in diameter, densely covered with hairs like needles, and has many seeds.

Cultivation of Solanum lasiocarpum
Dayak eggplant breeding involves using seeds from ripe fruit, selecting good seeds, then drying them in the sun, then soaking the seeds in clean water for 24 hours to break the dormancy of the seeds, then sow the seeds and the seeds will germinate in 1-2 weeks. When the seeds have 2 leaves or are 1.5-1 cm high or 2-3 weeks old, suitable for seeds, they can be moved to the field, the planting distance for Dayak eggplant is 0.6 x 1.0 m. Apart from that, Dayak eggplant can be propagated by mature (half-ripe) stem cuttings. These cuttings are very easy and will root in a few weeks.�

Solanum lasiocarpum, more details :

Chemical Content of Solanum lasiocarpum
Alkaloids, terpenoids, phenolics especially flavonoids, fatty acids, palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid and linoleic acid.
Benefits of Solanum lasiocarpum
Used as a poultice for swelling, relieves severe pain throughout the body and discomfort after eating, treatment of syphilis, for fever at night, itching, wounds, severe bruises, treats toothache, cough, asthma, fever, vomiting, sore throat, gonorrhea, and female sexual disorders.�
Simplisia of Solanum lasiocarpum

Prepare enough Dayak eggplant seeds, wash thoroughly with running water.
Dry in the sun or in an oven at a temperature\u00a040\u00b0C until the moisture content\u00a010%.
Store in a clean and airtight place.

Another Facts for Solanum lasiocarpum :

Synonym of Solanum lasiocarpum
Solanum ferox L., Solanum ferox var. lasiocarpum (Dunal) Miq., Solanum hirsutum Roxb.
Habitus of Solanum lasiocarpum
Herb. Annual herb, 0.5 - 1.5 m high
Habitat of Solanum lasiocarpum