Malatabako (Tag.)
Solanum verbascifolium L.
SkinA shrub Height: 1 to 5 meters high Leaves: Leaves are ovate, oblong-ovate or elliptic-ovate, 10 to 23 centimeters long, entire, and usually pointed at both ends, occasionally rounded at the base, the lower surface pale and densely covered with stellate hairs. Flowers: Flowers are white or pale blue, about 2 centimeters across, in compact, dichotomous corymbs. Calyx is grayish green, cup-shaped, about 5 millimeters long, very wooly, with short and broadly triangular segments. Corolla is wooly without, with spreading, oblong-ovate lobes, about 1.3 centimeters in diameter. Fruits: Fruit a globose berry 8–12 mm in diameter, short-hairy, dull yellow to orange when ripe, many-seeded.
Medicinal Uses & Benefits
Intestinal problem; Kabuhi (combination of severe, headache, and vomiting). Preparation: Boil the chopped roots in a liter of water.. Part used: Roots | Pasmo sa kaon/kusog (overworked). Preparation: Boil enough amount of roots in a liter of water.. Part used: Roots | Kabuhi/Kabuhion (combination of severe, headache, vomiting). Preparation: Boil a handful roots of noog-noog in a liter of water.. Part used: Roots
Preparation
Boil the chopped roots in a liter of water. | Boil enough amount of roots in a liter of water. | Boil a handful roots of noog-noog in a liter of water.
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Quick Info
- Scientific Name
- Solanum verbascifolium L.
- Local Name
- Malatabako (Tag.)
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Category
- Skin
- Collected By
- Not provided
- Date Collected
- Jun 28, 2026