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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Withania somnifera (Solanaceae)

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Common name(s)
Samm Al Ferakh; Ajagandha; Kanaje Hindi; Strychnos; Orovale

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Pakistan *
Adenopathy Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Anodyne India(Punjab) *
Arthritis Ethiopia *
Arthritis India(Ayurvedic) *
Asthma India(Ayurvedic) *
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Bronchitis Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Cancer Greece Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Candida India *
Cold Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Contraceptive Pakistan *
Cough Elsewhere *
Debility Elsewhere *
Diuretic Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Diuretic Africa Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diuretic Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Dropsy Elsewhere *
Dyspepsia India(Rajasthan) *
Enema Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.