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Non-scientific name:

indian ginseng

1 Accepted name(s) for "indian ginseng":

Accepted name
Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal

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

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009) Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal. Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal dried root root
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal
Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal Roots

89 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "indian ginseng":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
a sh a ga n dha Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
achuvagandi Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
agol Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ahan Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ajagandha Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
aksin Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
amukkara in tamil Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
amukkaramkizangu Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
amukkira Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
amukkuram Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
angarberu Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asagand Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asagandh Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asagandh nagori Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asagandha Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asan Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asana Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asgand Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asgandh Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asgandha Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asganhisrol Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ashvagandba Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ashvagandha Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ashvakandika Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ashwaganda Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ashwagandha Other Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015)
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ashwaganha Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
askagandha as'vagandha Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asoda Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asun Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asundha Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asunyho Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asuvagandi Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asvagandha Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asvagandhi Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
aswagandha Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
aswal Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
aswgandh Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
babu Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
bouzidân Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
bâibru Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
coqueret somnifère Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
dambarico Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
e-gaddy Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
erva moura sonífera Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
ghoda Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ghodakun Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ghodasan Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
gisawa Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
gizawa Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
hayagandhã Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
hidi-budawa Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
hirchil Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
hiremaddina-gaddy Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
hiremaddina-gida Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
juustumari Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kakani hindi Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kaknaj-e-hindi Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kanaje hindi Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kilangee Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kuvia Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
lakri Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
malagueta de galinha Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mhulapori Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mtemua shamba Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
ol asajet Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
oroval Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
penneru Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pennerugadda Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
poc-poc sauvage Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
poison gooseberry Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
pontadeira Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
punir Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
radix withaniae Pharmaceutical WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
samm al ferakh Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
samoah Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
sebbere-gola Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
sim-alfirakh Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
sum-ul-far Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
sum-ul-firakh Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
techil Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ti-poc-poc Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
ubab Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ubuvimba Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
uva caneça Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
u’beb Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
vajigandha Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
winter cherry Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
withania Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)