Plant Details

Accepted name:: Artemisia annua L. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
'khan nag	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
absinthe chinoise	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
afsantinjari	Other	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
annual mugwort	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
annual wormwood	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
armoise annuelle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
artemisia annua whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
artemisiae annuae herba	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
bir zhyldyk shybak	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
burgan	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
chinese wormwood	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ching hao	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ching hoh	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
cing hao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
einjähriger beifuß	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
herba artemisiae annuae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
huang hua hao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
huanghuahao	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
huanghuahaosu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khen nak	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
marcelão	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
nad hom bay noy	Other	Trade Liberal. in Med. Pl. & Spices, Lao (Sydara, 2007)
nat hom bay noy	Other	Trade Liberal. in Med. Pl. & Spices, Lao (Sydara, 2007)
polyn' odnoletnyaya	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
qing hao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022)
qinghao	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
qinhao	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
qīnghāo	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
sommarmalört	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
sweet annie	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
sweet sagewort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sweet wormwood	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
sweet wormwood herb	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
འཁན་ནག །	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
青蒿	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
青蒿子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
青蒿根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黃花蒿	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
黄花蒿	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Whole grass		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Leaves		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Leaf, Herb, Flower		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
aerial part	dried aeiral part	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
herb		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022)
herb, flower, leaf		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
flower, herb, leaf		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
aboveground parts		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
whole plant		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
aerial part		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
leaves, aboveground parts, herb		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Artemisia annua f. macrocephala Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 639 (1927).
Artemisia chamomilla C.Winkl. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 10: 87 (1887).
Artemisia exilis Fisch. ex DC. Prodr. 6: 119 (1838).
Artemisia hyrcana Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 434 (1826).
Artemisia plumosa Fisch. ex Besser in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 119 (1838).
Artemisia stewartii C.B.Clarke Compos. Ind.: 162 (1876).
Artemisia suaveolens Fisch. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 119 (1838).
Artemisia wadei Edgew. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 72 (1846).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Artemisia annua	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Artemisia annua L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) Trade Liberal. in Med. Pl. & Spices, Lao (Sydara, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) Wild Med. Pl. Resources in Bulgaria (Hardalova et al., 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Artemisia annua L..	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Artemisia annua Linn.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Artemisia annua Linné	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)

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