Plant Details

Accepted name:: Artemisia abrotanum L. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abrotanum	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
abrotone	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
abrótano macho	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ajenjo común	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
armoise aurone	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
aurone	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
aurone mâle	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
boja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
citronelle aurone	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
eberraute	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
eberrautenkraut	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
incienso	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
kaisoom	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
lad's love	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
lad's-love	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lady's love	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
mantsourána	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
misk-i arabi	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
miskotu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
old man	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
old-man	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
slovenwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
southern wood	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
southern wormwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
southernwood	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
åbrodd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
μαντσουράνα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
قيصوم	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, flowering tops		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Herb		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
aerial part, flowering herb		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
above ground parts, Flowering tip of shoots		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 36 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Artemisia paniculata Lam. Encycl. 1: 265 (1783).
Artemisia procera Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1818 (1803).
Abrotanum alpestre Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 70 (1868).
Abrotanum ambiguum Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 71 (1868).
Abrotanum congestum Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 71 (1868).
Abrotanum incanescens Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 69 (1868).
Abrotanum mas Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd. 2: t. 119 (1764), not validly publ.
Abrotanum pauciflorum Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 69 (1868).
Abrotanum pedunculare Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 70 (1868).
Abrotanum platylobum Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 70 (1868).
Abrotanum pulverulentum Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 72 (1868).
Abrotanum rhodanicum Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 73 (1868).
Abrotanum suave Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 72 (1868).
Abrotanum virgatum Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 71 (1868).
Abrotanum viridulum Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 73 (1868).
Abrotanum xerophilum Jord. & Fourr. Brev. Pl. Nov. 2: 72 (1868).
Artemisia abrotanifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 191 (1796).
Artemisia altissima Ehrh. ex DC. Prodr. 6: 108 (1838).
Artemisia anethifolia Fisch. ex DC. Prodr. 6: 108 (1838), not validly publ.
Artemisia angustifolia Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 450 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. superfl.
Artemisia camphorata var. alpestris (Jord. & Fourr.) St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 454 (1889).
Artemisia camphorata var. pauciflora (Jord. & Fourr.) St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 454 (1889).
Artemisia camphorata var. peduncularis (Jord. & Fourr.) St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 454 (1889).
Artemisia camphorata var. platyloba (Jord. & Fourr.) St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 454 (1889).
Artemisia camphorata var. rhodanica (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 8: 282 (1903).
Artemisia camphorata var. xerophila (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 8: 282 (1903).
Artemisia elatior Klokov Fl. URSR 11: 319, 555 (1962).
Artemisia elegans Fisch. ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 579 (1845).
Artemisia foeniculacea Steven ex DC. Prodr. 6: 108 (1838).
Artemisia herbacea Besser Tent. Arbot.: 30 (1832).
Artemisia herbacea Clarke ex DC. Prodr. 6: 108 (1838).
Artemisia humilis Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 7 (1768).
Artemisia naronitana Vis. ex DC. Prodr. 6: 108 (1838).
Artemisia proceriformis Krasch. Fl. Iugo-Vost. Evr. Chasti SSSR 6: 360 (1936).
Artemisia sabulosa Steven ex DC. Prodr. 6: 108 (1838).
Artemisia tenuissima Spreng. ex Besser Tent. Arbot.: 30 (1832).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Artemisia abrotamum Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Artemisia abrotanum	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Artemisia abrotanum L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Artemisia abrotanum Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Artemisia paniculatum Lam.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Artemisia procera Willdenow	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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