Solanum pseudoquina
StarSolanum pseudoquina
Synonyms: Cyphomandra fragrans, Solanum fragrans, Solanum flagrans, Solanum leiophyllum, Solanum undatifolium, Solanum marsilianum, Pionandra flagrans, Solanum ramosissimum, Solanum pseudochina, Cyphomandra flagrans
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In Brazilian folk medicine the bitter bark and leaves of coerana (false quina) have been used as a febrifuge and bitter tonic, taken in decoction or infusion for fevers and for stomach and liver complaints, by analogy with quinine bark (Lorenzi & Matos, 2002).
Botanical Description
Solanum pseudoquina, known in Brazil as coerana or false quina, is a shrub or small tree in the family Solanaceae native to Brazil, particularly the cerrado and Atlantic forest regions, where it grows in open woodland, savanna and disturbed sites. It reaches several metres in height with simple, alternate, ovate to elliptic leaves that are firm and entire-margined. The flowers are borne in branched clusters and have the rotate, five-lobed corolla typical of the genus, generally white to pale violet with a prominent yellow cone of anthers. The fruit is a small rounded berry that ripens yellow to orange. The bitter bark and leaves earned it the name false quina by analogy with true Cinchona quinine bark. As with many solanums, the plant contains steroidal glycoalkaloids such as solanine and is regarded as toxic if misused.
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