• Family : SOLANACEAE
  (Nightshade Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : SOLANACEAE
• Basionym : Physalis somnifera L.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal
• Common name : Winter Cherry
• Vernacular name : Ashwagandh, Asgandh (Hindi); Ashwagandha, Hiremuddina gida (Kannada); Karappaan thazhai, Amukkila chedi (Tamil); Aswagandha, Pennerugadda, Pulivendrum, Panneru vajigandha (Telugu); Asvagandha (Sanskrit); Amukkuram (Malayalam)
• Habit : Undershrub
• Comments / notes : Cultivated as medicinal plant and root is used in native medicine
• Flower, Fruit : April-December
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Mediterranean, Canary Islands, South Africa
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Withania somnifera. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.

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