
Euphorbiaceae FAMILY Least Concern
Baliospermum solanifolium
Baliospermum solanifolium
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
3/5
Safety & Hazards
A popular medicinal herb, Baliospermum solanifolium needs to be used with caution since it is a drastic purgative. In larger doses the seeds are an acro-narcotic poison[1].
Cultivation Details
HabitShrub
Growth—
Plants are usually monoecious, but dioecious forms are also found at times[2].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Baliospermum+solanifolium>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Indian Medicinal Planta — Kirkitar K.R.; Basu B.D. & Indian Civil Service · Sudhindra Nath Basu, BahadurGanj; India · 1918 ↩︎
- [2]Flora of China — Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. · 1994 · http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ ↩︎An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
- [3]Flowers of India — http://www.flowersofindia.net/ ↩︎A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars.
- [4]A Revision of the Genus Baliospermum Bl. (Euphorbiaceae) for the Indian Subcontinent — Chakrabarty T. & Balakrishnan N.P. · 1990 ↩︎
- [5]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
- [6]Survey of Ethnomedicinal Plants and Folklore Studies on Malayali Tribals of Vellakadai Village a part of Shervaroy R — Vaidyanathan D., Sisubalan N & M. Ghouse Basha · 2014 · ISBN 0976-3031 ↩︎
- [7]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
- [8]Indian Medicinal Plants; An Illustrated Dictionary — Khare C.P. (Ed.) · Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg · 2007 · ISBN 978-0-387-70637-5 ↩︎