Devil's Fig or Trukey Berry (Engl.), Tandang-Aso (Tag.)

Solanum torvum Sw.

Skin

Shrub Height: up to 2 m Leaves: Opposite, simple, ovate, coursely 2-3 sinulate, obliquely sucordate base, acute apex, stellately pubescent on both sides, dense on lower side, chartaceous, scattered with a few prickles on midrib and on petiole (1) Flowers: Many-flowered supra-axillary corymbose cyme, calyx tube campanulate, lobes oblong and with white corolla (1) Fruits: Berry, globose, pale green tuning dull orange when matures and fruitng through-out the year(1)

Medicinal Uses & Benefits

Toothache. Preparation: Boil the shoot into two glasses of water until half of it evaporates in a spoon, cook the seed with coconut oil, cover it with a coconut shell.. Part used: Shoot, Fruit

Preparation

Boil the shoot into two glasses of water until half of it evaporates in a spoon, cook the seed with coconut oil, cover it with a coconut shell.

Location & Habitat

REGION XIII (Caraga), AGUSAN DEL NORTE, CITY OF BUTUAN (Capital), Degraded forest and plains, roadsides, etc.

Research

Caraga State University: Documentation of Philippine Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health of Butuanon in Butuan City

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Quick Info

Scientific Name: Solanum torvum Sw.
Local Name: Devil's Fig or Trukey Berry (Engl.), Tandang-Aso (Tag.)
Family: Solanaceae
Category: Skin
Date Collected: Jun 28, 2026

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