Non scientific name details for african wormwood - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

african wormwood

1 Accepted name(s) for "african wormwood":

Accepted name
Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.

6 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Drug form:	Plant parts:
African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.	dried leaves and twigs or essential oil	above-ground parts
Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.		Herb
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)	Artemisia afra Jacq.	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.		leaf, whole plant
Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)	Artemisia afra var afra Jacq.ex Willd	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.	Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.		leaves, stems

16 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "african wormwood":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
afrikanischer wermut	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
als	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
alsem	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
armoise d'afrique	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
armoise d’afrique	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
artemisiae africanae herba	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fivi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
iliongana	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
lengana	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
lusanje	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
luyanga	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
umhlonyane	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
wild wormwood	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
wild-als	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
wilde-als	Other	Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
wildeals	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)