Accession Data
Withania somnifera
Common Name: Ashwagandha
Family: Solanaceae
Country of Origin: Africa. southern Europe and western Asia
Description:
- Additional Common Names: Ajagandha, Kanaje Hindi, Samm Al Ferakh
Uses: This plant provides a stimulus for strength especially in the elderly while also used as a sedative and sleep inducing agent if prepared correctly. Ayurveda uses include anti-inflammatory properties which have been helpful in arthritis, for sexual vitality and as a liver tonic.
Modern studies on this plant testing the efficacy of it's antimicrobial properties have shown that an aqueous solution of the leaves is very effective in killing bacteria.4
For a few African Traditional remedies, this plant has been used to reduce fever, convulsions, and rheumatic pains.
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 7-10
Accession #: 199200148
Accession Date: 1991-06-01 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 1101
Quantity: 3
Source: seed from stock #850485
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: euasterid I
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
SubFamily: Solanoideae
Tribe: Physaleae
SubTribe: Withaninae
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References
- Withania somnifera at Plants for a Future. Last accessed on Thursday, February 01, 2018.
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, February 01, 2018.
- Withania somnifera at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Thursday, February 01, 2018.
- M. Owais K.S .Sharad A. Shehbaz M. Saleemuddin, Antibacterial efficacy of Withania somnifera (ashwagandha) an indigenous medicinal plant against experimental murine salmonellosis, Phytomedicine Volume 12, Issue 3, 22 March 2005, Pages 229-235. Last accessed on Thursday, February 01, 2018.
- M. Iwu, Maurice. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1993.
- Images #00 (cropped) & #02 (original) by Wowbobwow12 at English Wikipedia [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0]. Last accessed Wednesday, 14 November, 2018.
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