- 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 IPNI) : 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
- Distribution :
- Gujarat : Somnath
- Rajasthan : Alwar district
- Native : Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chad, China, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Greece, Gulf States, India, Iran, Kenya, Kriti, Kw
- 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.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Withania somnifera. Downloaded on 1 July 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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