Withania somnifera, ashwagandha - magic-plants ethnobotany
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Withania somnifera, ashwagandha
| Botanical names: Withania somnifera, Withania sicula, Hypnoticum somniferum, Physalis alpini, Physalis flexuosa, Physalis scariosa, Physalis somnifera, Physalis sugunda, Physaloides somnifera, Withania kansuensis, Withania microphysalis | Solanaceae | |
| Common names English: ashwagandha, Indian ginseng, winter cherry, poison gooseberry Spanish: bufera, ashwagandha, ginseng indio, oroval, orval, hierba mora mayor French: ashwagandha German: Schlafbeere, Ashwagandha, Winterkirsche | ||
| Active constituents: alkaloids, steroidal lactones; tropine, cuscohygrine, withanolides notably withaferin A | ||
Withania somnifera, ashwagandha
