Artemisia annua L.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Synonym(s) : Artemisia annua f. macrocephala Pamp.; Artemisia chamomilla C.Winkl.; Artemisia exilis Fisch. ex DC.; Artemisia hyrcana Spreng.; Artemisia plumosa Fisch. ex Besser; Artemisia stewartii C.B.Clarke; Artemisia suaveolens Fisch.; Artemisia wadei Edgew.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Artemisia annua L.
  • Common name : Large-Flowered Wormwood
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kaadu davana (Kannada)
  • Habit : Perennial herb
  • Habitat : Hills, waysides, wastelands, outer forest margins, steppes, forest steppes, dry floodlands, terraces, semidesert steppes, rocky slopes, roadsides; 2000 - 4500 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : It contains, among other essential oils, artemisinin. It is well known in Traditional Chinese Medicine for its anti-inflammatory, antifebrile, and hemostatic properties, and artemisinin has become widely valued as an effective treatment for strains of Plasmodium resistant to other anti-malarial drugs.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Turkey, South Russia, Palestine, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and central Asia
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : North Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 149
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Artemisia annua. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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