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Poison berry (Solanum anguivi)

Solanum anguivi Lam.  Belongs to family Solanaceae and genus Solanum. This plant is also known as Solanum indicum var. lividum (Link) Bitter , Solanum indicum var. maroanum Bitter and Solanum lividum Link. It contains a variety of phytochemicals such as Anguivioside XV, Anguivioside A, Anguivioside B, Anguivioside C, Anguivioside III,  Anguivioside XI, Anguivioside XVI. Ethanolic extact of Solanum anguivi is antibacterial against Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Floral Description: According to Flora of Pakistan: A prickly undershrub, 1.5-2 m tall, with dense stellate-tomentose parts. Prickles up to 10 mm long, erect to slightly recurved. Leaves 4-15 x 3.5-9 cm, ovate to oblong-ovate, repand, acute, both surfaces stellately hairy and prickly on the nerves. Petiole up to 2.5 cm long. Flowers 4-15 in number, bluish-purple, in extra-axillary cymes. Calyx ± 4 mm long, campanulate, stellately hairy. Corolla...