Plant Details

Accepted name:

Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal [Solanaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
'ubab	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
'ubâb	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 1982)
a sa ga ndhi (d)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
a sh a ga n dha	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
a swa ga ndhi (d)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acaiyu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
achuvagandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
acupam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acurakenti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acuvacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acuvakantai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acuvakantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acuvakanthi	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
acuvakanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acuvakenti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acuvakkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acuvam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acuvapalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agol	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ahan	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ain-ul-ghurab	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ajagandha	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
akavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aksan	Other	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
aksin	Other	Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
allivatali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amakire	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amangara gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amangaragida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amangura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amikkira-gadday	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amkkura kilangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amkoolang-kalung	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amkulang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amkulang-kalang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ammangura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkanankilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkara	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkara in tamil	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
amukkaram kizargu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
amukkaramkizangu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
amukkaran-kilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkarā (root)	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
amukkarā kiẕaṅku	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
amukkilacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkinankilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
amukkira ver	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkira-kilzhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkirak kilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkirakkilangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkiran kilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkirankilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkire	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukknravi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkram	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
amukkura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkura kizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkura-virai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkurak kizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkurak-kizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkuram	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
amukkuran	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
amukkuravi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukkuravu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amukran-kizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amuttaraci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
angaara gadde gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
angara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
angara baeru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
angarberu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
angura gedde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ankulan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ankulang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anukeere	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arshwagandha	Other	Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
asagand	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asagandh	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asagandh nagori	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asagandha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asan	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asana	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asgand	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asgand asgand nagori	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
asgand nagori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asgandh	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asgandh nagori	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
asgandh-e-nagori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asgandha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asgandhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asgandnagar	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
asganhisrol	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asgund	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asgvagandha	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ashgandh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashgandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashuvagandhi	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ashvaganadha	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ashvagandba	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ashvagandha	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ashvagandhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashvakandika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ashvaroha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashvavarshaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashwaganda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ashwagandha	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ashwagandha root	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
ashwagandhaa	Other	Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
ashwagandhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashwaganha	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ashwahandha	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ashwogandha	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
askagandha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
askagandha as'vagandha	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
askand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
askandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
askandhatilli	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
asoda	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asubam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asugandha	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
asun	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asundha	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asunyho	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asuvagandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asvagandha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asvagandhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
aswagandha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Ocvirk et al., 2013) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
aswaganthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aswal	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
aswgandh	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
atitarikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atittikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avarokam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aśvagandhā (root)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ba-dzi-ga-ndha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
babu	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
baiseyabara gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bitterappeliefie	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
bofepha	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
bouzidân	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
bouzidān	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
bufera somnifera	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
bâibru	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ceravilankam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cevvilankam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cheparusiot	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
chepepterekiat	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
cherry winter	Other	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
chirpotan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
coqueret sommnifere	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
coqueret somnifère	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
dambarico	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
domdalaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dommadolu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
duffhro	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
e-gaddy	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ebab	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
emotoe	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
erva moura sonífera	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
eskandeh	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
foakapoaka	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
fuqqaysh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fuqqueish	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gandhapatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandhrapatri	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
genegeneh	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
ghoda	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ghodakun	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ghodasan	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ginseng indiano	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
girbah	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gisawa	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
gizara	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gizawa	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
gizewa	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
haml balbul	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
haya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hayagandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
hayagandhã	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
hayagandhā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
hayapriya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
heilkraut	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
hidi-budawa	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
hidigaga	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
hindib	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
hirchil	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
hiremaddina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hiremaddina baeru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hiremaddina gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hiremaddina- gida	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
hiremaddina-gadday	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
hiremaddina-gaddy	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
hiremaddina-gida	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
hiremaddu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hirenaddina-hire-gadday	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
hirimaddina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hirimaddina-gadday	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hirregadday	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
idi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
idigaga	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
indian ginseng	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
irulicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iruliccevi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
isgand	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
isgand nagori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli thoom	Other	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
juustumari	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kabarra	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kakani hindi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kakanj hindi	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kaknaj-e-hindi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kaknaje-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaknja-e-hindi	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kambuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kampukastam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamrupini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanaje hindi	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kanchuki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
karappantalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kenta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khasraqul	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kilangee	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kipkogai	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kiravarokacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiremallinagida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiriccevi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirimaddana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiticcevi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolanakutaver	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kudure	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kushthagandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kushthagandhini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutilal	Other	Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
kuvia	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
labotwit	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lakri	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
leekurun	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lesayet	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lopotwo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
makanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malagueta de galinha	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
manmatha shakthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matalinkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matanalinkacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matanalinkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matappurakkanniram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matappurallamniram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matarika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matarikacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
merjan	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mgeda	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mhulapori	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
moferangopa	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mohini gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
morgan	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mosala-marupi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mpwa	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mtemua shamba	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mtemua shimba	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
murambae	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
muttaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muttarati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muttati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakutam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattuamukkirakkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nhulapori	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ofuyaendwa	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ol asajet	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
olasaiyet	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
oroval	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
orval	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
oshilumembodi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
otjindumbu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ouartinni	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
palapali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palashaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
panneru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pannirugada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paricata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parikkanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parikkantikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
penneroo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
penneroo-gadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
penneroogadda	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
penneru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
penneru gaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pennerugadda	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pennerugedda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pevette	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
pevetti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyvetti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pillivattitige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pillivendram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pillivendramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piniru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piratakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pivari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poc poc sauvage	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
poc-poc sauvage	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
poison gooseberry	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
pontadeira	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
priyakari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulivendramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
punir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
punya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pushtida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pushtipavira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
radix withaniae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
rajgandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rashbhari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rathi gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sakaran	Other	Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass Province, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali, 2010)
samm al ferakh	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
samm al-far	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
samoah	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
samwah	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
schlafbeere	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sebbere-gola	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
senn-el-far	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
serran	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
shakti gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shyamala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sim-alfirakh	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
simm el ferakh	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sogade-beru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sogadeberu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sum-ul-far	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
sum-ul-firakh	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
sumal far	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
tanuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanupara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanupari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tatdra	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tchintueumbuo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
techil	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ti-poc-poc	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
tilli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhme hayat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turagagandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turagi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turangagandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ubab	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ubub	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
ubuvimba	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ubuvuma	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
umuhire	Other	Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)
umuire	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
umuvimba	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
uni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
unikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ushuvaghendi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uva caneça	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
u’beb	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
vaajigandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacikantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacikenta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vajigandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
vajigandhika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vajikari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vajini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valliayai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valliyai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varahakarni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varahapatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
varakakarni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varakarakkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varucu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vataghni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vimhepe	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
vippuruti nayakan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vippurutinayakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vippurutinayakan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viremaddinagaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virenaddlinagadda	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
virpurtinayakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virpuruti nayakacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virpurutinayakacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virpurutinayakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vājigandhā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
wajie ganaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
winter cherry	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Med. Pl. Trop. W. Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
winter chirry	Other	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
winter-cherry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
witania	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
withania	Other	Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
withania somnifera root	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
withania somnifera root for use in thmp	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
xharkhardii	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
xoxoriko	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
za'o\|'o	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
\|\|auemas	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
\|\|auhaib	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
اسکنده	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
بوزیدان	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
سم الفار	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
سموه	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
عبوب	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Roots		Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015)
root		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
root	dried mature roots	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Root		MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
Root		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Roots, leaves		Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Roots, Leaves		Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
Root		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
Berries, Leaves, Roots, Tuber		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Root		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
gum of the bark, roots, seeds		Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
root, leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf, root, whole plant		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
root	dried root	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
root	dried root	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
root	dried mature root	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
root		Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)
root		Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 1982)
leaf, stem		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
root	dried root	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
Root, Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
root	dried root	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008)
root	dried mature roots	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Physalis flexuosa L. Sp. Pl.: 182 (1753).
Alicabon somniferum (L.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 56 (1838).
Hypnoticum somniferum Rodati ex Boiss. Voy. Bot. Espagne: 436 (1841), not validly publ.
Larnax morrisonii (Dunal) Miers Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 11: 96 (1853).
Physalis alpini J.Jacq. Ecl. Pl. Rar. 1: 39 (1811).
Physalis arborescens Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 37 (1794), nom. illeg.
Physalis scariosa Webb & Berthel. Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 3): 120 (1845).
Physalis somnifera L. Sp. Pl.: 182 (1753).
Physalis somnifera var. communis Nees Linnaea 6: 455 (1831).
Physalis somnifera var. flexuosa (L.) Nees Linnaea 6: 454 (1831).
Physalis sugunda Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2635 (1831), not validly publ.
Physalis tomentosa Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 37 (1794), nom. illeg.
Physalis villosa Moench ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 329 (1841), nom. illeg.
Physaloides somnifera (L.) Moench Methodus: 473 (1794).
Withania arborescens Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 455 (1852).
Withania chevalieri A.E.Gonç. Garcia de Orta, Sér. Bot. 14: 149 (1999).
Withania kansuensis Kuang & A.M.Lu Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Sin. 67(1): 159 (1978).
Withania macrocalyx (Chiov.) Chiov. in L.A.di Savoia-Aosta, Esplor. Uabi-Uebi Scebeli: 432 (1932), nom. superfl.
Withania microphysalis Suess. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 2: 93 (1951).
Withania morisonii Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 454 (1852).
Withania mucronata Chiov. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 845 (1927).
Withania obtusifolia Täckh. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 26: 370 (1932).
Withania sicula Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 2(2): 107 (1907).
Withania somnifera var. communis (Nees) Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 454 (1852).
Withania somnifera var. flexuosa (L.) Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 454 (1852).
Withania somnifera var. macrocalyx Chiov. Fl. Somala: 237 (1929).
Withania somnifera subsp. obtusifolia (Täckh.) Abedin & al. Pakistan J. Bot. 23: 280 (1991).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Physalis flexuosa L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Whitania somnifera (L.) Dunal	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Withania somnifera	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Withania somnifera (L.) Dun.	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017) Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986) Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Ocvirk et al., 2013) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, vol. 1 (2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
Withania somnifera (L.) Dunel	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
Withania somnifera (L.)Dunal	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
Withania somnifera (Linn.) Dunal	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Withania somnifera Dun.	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 1982)
Withania somnifera Dunal	Med. Pl. Trop. W. Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Withania somnifera Dunal.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Withania somnifera L.	Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass Province, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali, 2010)
Withanias omnifera (L.) Dunal	Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)

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