While walking over the bunds of a paddy field, I came across one of the plants that constitute the group of plants from which the lesser dasamoolam drugs are derived. I decided to take a photograph and share it with my readers. The plant called Kantankatri in Tamil is known in botanical literature as Solanum virginianum, (Solanum xanthocarpum and Solanum surratense are synonyms). In my last article, I had written about the five trees from which the greater dasamoolam herbs are derived.

Kantankatri is a thorny, bushy, ground creeper, with beautiful mauve flowers which closely resemble the flowers of the brinjal (Solanum melongena) plant which also belongs to the same family. Its leaves are completely thorny making it difficult to pluck the fruits. In fact, some varieties of brinjal have thorns on their leaves and calyx, though not in the profusion that Kantankatri has.......Read More

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