Withania somnifera(WITSO)
Overview Code created in: 2002-04-08
- EPPO Code: WITSO
- Preferred name: Withania somnifera
- Authority: (Linnaeus) Dunal
Mediterranean, Canary Islands, Western Asia, Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (Myanmar), China, most of Africa, Mascarene islands. Introduced in Australia (South, New South Wales)
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Physalis flexuosa | Linnaeus |
| Physalis somnifera | Linnaeus |
| Withania obtusifolia | Täckholm |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| ashwagandha | English |
| Indian ginseng | English |
| poisonous gooseberry | English |
| winter cherry | English (AU) |
| withania somnifère | French |
| oroval | Spanish |
| alchechengi falso | Italian |
| vitania sonnifero | Italian |
| erva-moira-somnífera | Portuguese |
| ашваганда | Russian |
| женьшень индийский | Russian |
| gelinfeneri | Turkish |
| vitanyah kehah | Hebrew |
| וִיתַנְיָה קֵהָה | Hebrew |
| سموه, سم الفار | Arabic |
| shuì jiā | Chinese |
| 睡茄 | Chinese |
| asgandhi | Hindi |
| aswagandha | Hindi |
| ashwagandhi | Sanskrit |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Lamiids (
1LAMD )
Order
Solanales (
1SOLO )
Family
Solanaceae (
1SOLF )
Genus
Withania (
1WITG )
Species
Withania somnifera (
WITSO )