Scientific Name : Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal
Category : Angiosperms
Status : Alive
Habit : An erect branched undershrub, covered with stellate ashy-tomentum. Leaves : Ovate or ovate-lanceolate, apex obtuse, base rounded, ashy tomentose on both sides, petiolate. Inflorescence : Umbellate cymes. Flowers : Yellowish-green, about 5 together. Calyx small with 5 deltoid sepals. Corolla valvate, bell-shaped, small, lobes 5. Stamens 5, epipetalous. Ovary 2-celled, stigma bifid. Fruits : Berry red, enclosed in the inflated calyx, seeds yellow discoid, minutely foveolate. Flowering and Fruiting Time : September - November Significance : Roots are useful in plague. Leaves are applied on wounds. Roots is regarded as tonic, alternative, aphrodisiac and is used in consumption, rheumatism, lumber pains. It is a narcotic.
Specimen Information
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Common Name(s):
अश्वगंधा, Indian Ginseng
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Synonym(s):
Alicabon somniferum (L.) Raf. Physalis somnifera L. Physaloides somnifera (L.) Moench
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Family:
Solanaceae
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