Terung Susu Kambing

Terung Susu Kambing
Scientific Name	Solanum mammosum L.
Family	Solanaceae
Synonyms	S. globiferum Dunal, S. mammosissium Ram. Goyena
Common Name	Nipple fruit, titty fruit
Plant Material of Interest	The juice of the fruit shows some detergent activity and can be used for washing clothing.

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Native to South America.

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Small shrubby perennial3-5” bright yellow orange fruit grown as ornamental, Large velvety leaves have purple veins and furry hair, along with prominent spikes.  Bushy shrub 3-6 th. Pink purple flowers. Waxy, yellow coloredfruit ripening. Fruits are fleshy a poisonous and contain several seeds.

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By seeds, cuttings ana be  rooted  as well.

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Solasodine

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a. Hunters in Trinidad crush the leaves of the plant to extract the juice which they then rub on their feet to rid them of fungus which causes Athlete’s Foot. Trat restlessness. Juice of the fruit can be used as detergent (1).

To treat high blood pressure, diabetes and yellow fever: Boil the fruit in water and drink and eat the fruit.

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The methanolic crude fruits extract shows 95% molluscicidal Lymnaea cubensis (snails) activity at 25 p/m. One component of the active extract was identified as solasod-5-en-3beta-ol (solasodine)  (Alzerra A et al 1981).

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Fruits are poisonous if ingested.

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1. Alzerreca, A. B. Arboleda., G. Hart (1981). Molluscicidal activity of natural products. The effect of solanum glycosidic alkaloids on Lymnaea cubensis snails The Journal of agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico, Agricultural Experiment Station"  http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search/display.do?f=1981

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2. http://thenerdygardener.hubpages.com/hub/Udder-Fruit-Solanum-mammosum (1)

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-5628-1_42#page-1

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