Withania somnifera

Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal, Prodr. 13(1): 453 1852. (Syn: Physalis somnifera L.; Withania kansuensis Kuang & A. M. Lu; Withania microphysalis Suess.);
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S. Europe to Central China, Africa to Myanmar: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Greece, Gulf States, India, Iran, Kenya, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe; Introduced into: Baleares, Mauritius, New South Wales, Réunion, Socotra, South Australia as per POWO;

… and more names: Gujarati: ઘોડાકુન ghodakun, ઘોડાઆસોડ ghodasod, સાંઢીયાના પોપટા sandiyana popata • Hindi: हयगंधा haya-gandha, नागौरी nagauri, पनीर panir, पुष्टिदा pushtida, तुरगी turagi, वन्या vanya • Marathi: ढोरगुंज dorgunja, कंचुकी kanchuki • Oriya: ବୃଂହଣ brumhana, ବୃଷା brusha, ହଯାହ୍ବଯା hoyahwaya • Sanskrit: अश्वकन्द ashvakanda, अवरोहिका avarohika, बलदा balada, गन्धपत्त्री gandhapattri, ग्रावरोहक gravarohaka, हयगन्धा hayagandha, हयप्रिया hayapriya, कामप्रियकरी kamapriyakari, कामरूपिणी kamarupini, कम्बुका kambuka, पलाशपर्णी palashaparni, पीवरा pivara, प्रियङ्करी priyangakari, पुण्य punya, पुष्टिद pushtida, शतकुम्भा shatakumbha, तुरगगन्धा turagagandha, वाजिगन्धा vajigandha, वाजिनी vajini, वनज vanaja, वराहकर्णी varahakarni, वराहपत्त्री varahapattri, वराहिका varahika, वातघ्नी vataghni • Tamil: அசையு acaiyu, அசுவகந்தி acuvakanti, அசுவம் acuvam • Telugu: దొమ్మడోలు dommadolu, పెన్నేరు penneru, వాజిగంథ vajigandha
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The leaves of this plant is crushed and if eaten for seven days – good for obese people for reducing weight. If you want to increase weight then the powder from the root should be taken.
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Undershrub 90cm ; branched. Leaves5-10bye2.5-5.0cm ovate minutely stellately pubescent. Apex subacute. Flowers yellow green. Berries globose, smooth, red when ripe. 
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Withania somnifera:
Sharing a picture of Withania somnifera fruit/enclosed seed.
Family : Solanaceae

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Withania somnifera is quite common near hill stations.. also in Kaas plateau

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If you let them come and go on their own it wont be a problem. Just try not to pull them away from your body. It leaves its suckers behind which may cause infection. Make long socks of jeans clothes and wear it inside your shoe. Leeches cant cross these. They can cross pores of normal socks very easily.

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Interesting facts on Ashwagandha – Those who want to decrease weight – eat the leaves and those who want to increase weight – take the powder made from its roots.

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We face leaches daily during the monsoon and pay no attention at all.
It sucks the blood and drops off by itself. Sometimes 5 to 6 every day. It does not cause any harm except a little loss of blood.

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atleast i get very bad time after leach bite, wound takes almost a 2-3 month to recover from the bite,,

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The reaction differs from person to person. I never had anything after leech bite. But one I got tick on my waist but I thought it was a pimple. The tick from Rajaji was later released near tiger fall in Chakrata, when one of my friend said that its a tick. I had been carrying it for three days and after releasing I had fever for two
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One of my friend in sikkim gets blisters and the flesh around the leech bites dissolves. So if you are not aware of the side affects of the insect or leech on your body then please keep your body covered.
Tobacco leave in water can be used to repel leeches. No idea about ticks. KEEP YOUR BODY PROPERLY COVERED FOR BOTH during field works.
You may also put cotton buds in your ears if you are going in leech sure area. These will certainly help.

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A small correction. Leech is an analid, cousin of earthworm.
My experience for ticks is similar to yours. Once I had 42 tick bites I Phansad. All with red thick patches, burning for weeks. Latter also if some surface used to get rubbed on those patches, it use to itch burn horribly. Surprisingly no friend of mine. Along with me had tick bite.
Once I carried a tick with me from Thiruvanantpurum till Thane along with me in train journey and was on me for further one day. Its preserved in lab now.

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Very interesting experiences friends, My experience with leeches is, not to pull them out but either squeeze the juice of a lime or salt or tobacco juice, it will drop of by itself. Once you have removed it, let the wound bleed, once the sputum has gone out, the bleeding stops.
If however, you stop the bleeding by applying plaster or medicine, the itching starts after a couple of days and when you scratch, the infection sets in.
As far as ticks go, some of them are poisonous and create an edema.
Doctors normally administer an anti allergen tablet. I get bitten with ticks every day once the monsoon has ended and dry season starts, sometimes 30 to 40 on each leg because of the presence of deers in the farm. Around 5 years back I got bitten by the poisonous variety, normally the bite of this variety does not create any itching. The foot kept on swelling for 3 days and I went to the doctor, who prescribed Avil and the reaction subsided, only, the next time it attacked, the reaction was much faster, I got red patches all over my body, the blood pressure dropped and started developing chest pain.
The third time it was worse, the fourth time the systolic dropped to 45 and I had to be rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night. The doctor advised me to live in a sterilized atmosphere for if it bites me again, I will not reach the hospital. During my visit to Mysore, I discussed it with my Homeopath and he advised me to take the Homeopathy medicine Arsenicum Album 200 . With a few doses, I am now immune to the bite of this poisonous tick. It has bitten me so many times and I have no reactions of any sort. The non poisonous varieties give intense itching and the poisonous variety does not give any indication till the poison has spread. My findings please.

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Our guide from Herbal Garden Chakrata (… knows his name) told us that if you take a twig of Artemisia roxburghiana (it is very common there) and rub it around your legs, leeches won’t come. We never tried though, better avoided them.

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Our friend from Herbal Garden Chakrata Mr … a Forest ranger, this time also helped us a lot. As the Herbal Garden and Nursery was closed now days. I make a call to him and He sent a person to help us and we got many Bryophytes from there for practical classes. He is a very knowledgeable person and very helping too.

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Flora of Haryana:   somnifera (L.) Dunal from CCSHAU Farms Hisar:
Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal from CCSHAU Farms Hisar
Family- Solanaceae

Ashwagandha a reputed herb in medicinal plants trade

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Withania somnifera- 25022014-PKA-Feb56: Attachments (6). 4 posts by 3 authors.

Withania somnifera at the outskirts of Chikmagalur (Karnataka).
Family: Solanaceae
Date/Time: 24-01-2014 / 09:00AM

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Very beautiful images … a medicinal weed..

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Thanks … Yes, i think this plant has got lot of medicinal value..

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Withania somnifera, Jaisalmer : Attachments (2). 1 post by 1 author.
Inspired by … photographs posted yesterday. Withania somnifera or ashvagandha
last week of january, jaisalmer

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ID Request 090814SG : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3).
Please help identify this plant, 3-4 feet  Photo taken on 06Aug at Dhavlas, Maharashtra.

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I think Withania somnifera..

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Yes, it is “Ashwagandha“..

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BND 104 B 27/11/14 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)
Please ID this medicinal plant BND 104 A and B.. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Mar 2012.

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This too is WIthania somnifera.

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BND 104 A 27/11/14 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)
Please ID this medicinal plant. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Mar 2012.

It is Withania somnifera– Asahwagandha

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Solanaceae Fortnight: Withania somnifera from Coimbatore FEB2015 BRS02 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3).

Sharing the images of Withania somnifera from Coimbatore.

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Solanaceae Fortnight : Withania somnifera at Karnataka: PKA-FEB20/20::: 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)

Withania somnifera at the outskirts of Chikmagalur (Karnataka).
Family: Solanaceae
Date/Time: 24-01-2014 / 09:00AM

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Thanks for nice pics

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Solanaceae Fortnight: Withania somnifera from Delhi-GSFEB58/61 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4)

Solanaceae Fortnight : Withania somnifera : Oman : 25FEB15 : AK-20 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Seen growing wild in a farm.

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Thanks for sharing

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Solanaceae Fortnight:: Withania somnifera-NS Feb 62/62 CONCLUDING POST OF FORTNIGHT : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6)

These pics belong to a very common yet very significant plant..
This also closes my Fortnight Uploads for February 2015..
Withania somnifera..”Ashwagandha“

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Very good photographs

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excellent photographs

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Solanaceae Fortnight: Withania somnifera : RVS03 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)
Sharing pictures of Withania somnifera growing in the medicinal plant garden of University of Mississippi.

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Yes, Aswagandha

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Withania somnifera (Solanaceae) to me.

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THIS IS WILDLY GROWING PLANT OF WITHANIA SOMNIFERA– Ashwagandha

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Flora picture of the year :: Dinesh Valke : 11 posts by 8 authors.

The joy of finding an elusive plant is almost the same as finding a rare unknown one.

Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal

We had finished our breakfast at a hotel near Satara on Mumbai – Bangalore highway, and were ready to continue further, when Shrikant ji and Prashant showed me Ashwagandha growing by the side of road. I was least expecting it in that place !

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Thanks …
Not sure how common the plant is in my vicinity – perhaps I oversee the plant – but I have never been able to spot it by myself.

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Names of Plants in India :: Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal : 6 posts by 4 authors.
via Species‎ > ‎W‎ > Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal … family: Solanaceae

   
¿ wi-THAY-nee-uh ? — commemorates the English paleobotanist, Henry Thomas Maire Witham … IJDD
som-NEE-fer-uh OR som-NIF-er-uh — sleep-bringing, referring to narcotic properties … Dave’s Botanary 
commonly known as: Indian ginseng, poison gooseberry, winter cherry • Assamese: অশ্বগন্ধা asbagandha • Gujarati: આકસંદ aksand, અશ્વગંધા asvagandha • Hindi: असगन्ध asgandh, अश्वगंधा ashwagandha • Kannada: ಅಶ್ವಗಂಧಿ ashwagandhi, ಹಿರೆಮಡ್ಡಿನಗಿಡ hiremaddinagida, ಪನ್ನೇರು panneru • Malayalam: അമുക്കുരം amukkuram, പേവെട്ടി pevetti • Marathi: अश्वगंधा ashwagandha, आस्कंद askanda • Nepali: अश्वगन्धा ashwagandha • Oriya: ଅଶ୍ବଗନ୍ଧା ashwagandha • Punjabi: ਅਸਗੰਧ asgandh, ਅਸ਼ਵਗੰਧਾ ashwagandha •Sanskrit: अश्वगन्धा ashvagandha • Tamil: அமுக்கிரா amukkira • Telugu: అశ్వగంధ ashwagandha • Tibetan: a swa ga ndhi, ba-dzi-ga-ndha • Urdu: اسگندهہ asgandh 
… and more names: Hindi: हयगंधा haya-gandha, नागौरी nagauri, पुष्टिदा pushtida, तुरगी turagi, वन्या vanya • Marathi: ढोरगुंज dorgunja, कंचुकी kanchuki • Oriya: ବୃଂହଣ brumhana, ବୃଷା brusha, ହଯାହ୍ବଯା hoyahwaya • Sanskrit: अश्वकन्द ashvakanda, अवरोहिका avarohika, बलदा balada, गन्धपत्त्री gandhapattri, ग्रावरोहक gravarohaka, हयगन्धा hayagandha, हयप्रिया hayapriya, कामप्रियकरी kamapriyakari, कामरूपिणी kamarupini, कम्बुका kambuka, पलाशपर्णी palashaparni, पीवरा pivara, प्रियङ्करी priyangakari, पुण्य punya, पुष्टिद pushtida, शतकुम्भा shatakumbha, तुरगगन्धा turagagandha, वाजिगन्धा vajigandha, वाजिनी vajini, वनज vanaja, वराहकर्णी varahakarni, वराहपत्त्री varahapattri, वराहिका varahika, वातघ्नी vataghni • Tamil:அசையு acaiyu, அசுவகந்தி acuvakanti, அசுவம் acuvam • Telugu: దొమ్మడోలు dommadolu, పెన్నేరు penneru, వాజిగంథ vajigandha 
botanical names: Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal … synonyms: Physalis flexuosa L. • Physalis somnifera L. … more at The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1. 
September 24, 2015 … along NH4 near Satara 

very well done. love the angle of the pic

It just struck me that I missed putting name in Bangla and the reference.
 • Bengali: অশ্বগন্ধা asbagandha

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Very nice. It is called ashwaganda because the plant actually smells like a horse…. 🙂

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Thanks … Yes, to be precise, it (plant root) smells like horse’s urine.

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Please note few suggestions for kannada names : ಅಶ್ವಗಂಧ (Ashwagandha);  ಹಿರೇಮದ್ದಿನ ಗಿಡ (Hiremaddina gida).

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SK717 15 AUG-2017:ID : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (9)

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Physalis species.

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Withania sp., most likely Withania somnifera

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Thank you … Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal
Nepali Name : अश्वगन्धा Ashwagandhaa

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Yes sir its Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha).

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Physalis species from Delhi : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)

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Oh yes! Thank you!

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quite right

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Withania somnifera :: Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park :: 24 OCT 18 : 7 posts by 4 authors. 3 images.
Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park  Jodhpur

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must be a local naturally occurring plant.
ayurvedic pharmacological biochemists consider wild ashwagandha from the Rajasthan desert the best because of quality of contents of its roots.

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Here in the park, it must have been planted, or by now could have reproduced naturally. The Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park was made in 2006, with the intention of restoring the flora, fauna of the region which was disappearing due to strong invasion of non-native Prosopis juliflora.

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Very interesting! most likely volunteered in. seeds germinate and grow very fast, even in a pot in balcony

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Withania somnifera from Kurukshetra University.. : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 3 Mb.
Here am attaching a plate of Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) encompassing all possible features. Images were taken from Kurukshetra University campus in month January 2019..!!

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The leaves of this plant is crushed and if eaten for seven days – good for obese people for reducing weight.  If you want to increase weight then the powder from the root should be taken.

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Aswagangha !!

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Plz id sp of euphorbia : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) – 6 mb.
Plz id euphorbia sp, location near honar lake, maharashtra, February

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Withania somnifera ?? 

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For me also it looks like the ID suggested by … Favour me with a close up of the flower photo.  We have these plants growing in open fields near lake bunds.

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Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal: 7 very high res. images.

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Solanaceae: Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal:1 high res. image.
location/date: Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, October 1994

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References:
POWO  BSI Flora of India Checklist  Flora of Peninsular India  Flora of China  FOC illustration  Flora of Pakistan  FOP illustration Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal