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Akaranti

Local Name	:	Akaranti
Botanical Name	:	Solanum virginianum L.
Common Name	:	Akaranti, Yellow-fruit nightshade
Family	:	Solanaceae
Distribution	:	Found throughout India including Odisha. Native to the Arabian Peninsula, South Iran, South Central China, and Myanmar
Habit	:	Herb
Short Description	:	It is an erect or creeping herb, woody at base.

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Descriptions

The stems are greenish grey with innumerable spines, and the flowers bright blue. Leaves are unequally paired, leaf blade ovate, margin or pinnately parted, lobes unequal, sinuate, apex acute with long yellow sharp prickles. Berry pale yellow.

Flowering & Fruiting Period

Throughout the year

Use(s)

Root decoction is used in high blood pressure