tayong₁ n It is cultivated and one of the commonest vegetables. They are fairly good sources of calcium, phosphorus, and iron, and have the good characteristics of a succulent vegetable. They are a good source of vitamin B. The roots in decoction are taken internally as an antiasomethingmatic and as a general stimulant; the leaves are employed to cure piles. The ashes of the fruit are prescribed for use in a dry, hot poultice on hemorrhoids, and the pounded root is applied inside the nostrils for ulceration. talong Solanum Melongena
