Solanum violaceum is a flowering plant in the family Solanaceae that is found in China at elevations of 100 to 2700 meters.

[2][1] Solanum violaceum belongs to Solanaceae family which are extensively used as vegetables and fruits.

It has also been used for variety of traditional medicinal treatment including asthma, dry cough, catarrh, colic, flatulence, worms, and fever.

Roots are digestive, carminative, and astringent to the bowels, cardiac tonic, expectorant, and aphrodisiac while fruits are asthma, dry cough, catarrh, colic, flatulence, worms, and fever.

The indigenous Garo people of Bangladesh mix the seed with liquor to increase its intoxication effect.