Description
Puthiri Chunda (botanically identified as Solanum virginianum / Solanum xanthocarpum, commonly known as Kantakari or Brihati in classical Ayurvedic texts) is a key medicinal subshrub belonging to the Solanaceae family. In traditional herbal medicine, particularly across Kerala and Southern India, the dried roots and stem cuttings—as seen in the provided image—are processed for their rich concentrations of active steroidal glycoalkaloids (such as solasodine) and essential flavonoids. The raw plant material typically presents a firm, greyish-brown spiny bark covering a yellowish, fibrous interior with a characteristic hollow or soft central pith.
