Amti
Solanum americanum Mill.
SkinHerbs annual or short-lived perennial Height: 150 cm Leaves: Petiole 1-2 cm; leaf blade ovate, 4-8 × 2-4 cm, membranous, glabrescent or sparsely pubescent, base truncate to cuneate, margin entire or sparingly dentate, apex acute. Flowers: Inflorescences extra-axillary, subumbellate, 3-6(-l0)-flowered; peduncle 1-2.5 cm. Pedicel 5-10 mm. Calyx cup-shaped, 1.5-2 mm in diam., lobed nearly halfway; lobes ovate, pubescent abaxially, ciliate. Corolla white, rarely bluish or purplish, sometimes with a yellow eye, 3-5 mm, lobed halfway or more; lobes ovate-oblong, 3-4 mm, pubescent abaxially, ciliate. Filaments short, ca. 0.5 mm, puberulent; anthers 1-1.5 mm. Fruits: Fruiting pedicel erect or nodding; fruiting calyx strongly reflexed. Berry shiny black, occasionally ripening green, globose, 5-8 mm in diam.
Medicinal Uses & Benefits
Kulang di dada (Anemia). Preparation: Maisagana Ingredients and Materials: - 25 ay bulong unno 10 ay osyok (25 leaves or 10 shoots) - 1 litro ay danum (1 L water) - Banga (pot) - Lupot unno din mabalin ay pangsagat (strainer) - Kumpormi ay pangipay-an (any liquid container) Iyat na ay mangamag (How to prepare): 1. Epiey din danum sin banga asi paluwagen. (Put water in a pot and let boil.) 2. Nu manluwag din danum yan itapi din bulong. (When water starts to boil add the leaves.) 3. Paluwagen si 5 ay minutos. (Let it boil for 5 minutes.). Part used: Leaves | Kamanaw (Tinea versicolor). Preparation: Maisagana (Ingredients and materials): - 2 - 3 ay naya om ay prutas unno bunga na. (2 - 3 ripe fruit) Iyat na ay mangamag (How to prepare): 1. Ipespes asi ipunas din naya om ay bunga sin kudil ay naapektaran. (Squeeze and apply the ripe fruit to the affected skin.). Part used: Fruit
Preparation
Maisagana Ingredients and Materials: - 25 ay bulong unno 10 ay osyok (25 leaves or 10 shoots) - 1 litro ay danum (1 L water) - Banga (pot) - Lupot unno din mabalin ay pangsagat (strainer) - Kumpormi ay pangipay-an (any liquid container) Iyat na ay mangamag (How to prepare): 1. Epiey din danum sin banga asi paluwagen. (Put water in a pot and let boil.) 2. Nu manluwag din danum yan itapi din bulong. (When water starts to boil add the leaves.) 3. Paluwagen si 5 ay minutos. (Let it boil for 5 minutes.) | Maisagana (Ingredients and materials): - 2 - 3 ay naya om ay prutas unno bunga na. (2 - 3 ripe fruit) Iyat na ay mangamag (How to prepare): 1. Ipespes asi ipunas din naya om ay bunga sin kudil ay naapektaran. (Squeeze and apply the ripe fruit to the affected skin.)
Location & Habitat
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Quick Info
- Scientific Name
- Solanum americanum Mill.
- Local Name
- Amti
- Family
- Solanaceae Solanaceae
- Category
- Skin
- Date Collected
- Jun 28, 2026