Solanum anguivi is a plant indigenous to non-arid parts of Africa, and is commonly known as forest bitterberry or African eggplant, although the latter term is most commonly associated with Solanum aethiopicum.
It is a traditional ethnomedicine in India.
References
- ^ "Solanum anguivi Lam". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- Elekofehinti, O. O.; Kamdem, J. P.; Bolingon, A. A.; Athayde, M. L.; Lopes, S. R.; Waczuk, E. P.; Kade, I. J.; Adanlawo, I. G.; Rocha, J. B. (October 2013). "African eggplant (Solanum anguivi Lam.) fruit with bioactive polyphenolic compounds exerts in vitro antioxidant properties and inhibits Ca(2+)-induced mitochondrial swelling". Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. 3 (10): 757–66. doi:10.1016/S2221-1691(13)60152-5. PMC 3761133. PMID 24075339.
- Elekofehinti, O.O; Kamdem, J.P; Kade, I.J; Rocha, J.B.T; Adanlawo, I.G (2013). "Hypoglycemic, Antiperoxidative and Antihyperlipidemic effects of saponins from Solanum anguivi lam. Fruit in alloxan-induced diabetic Rats". South African Journal of Botany. 88: 56–61. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.04.010.