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Artemisia - Indhana

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Indhana, Artemisia

Indhana or Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 and 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. Common names for various species in the genus include mugwort, wormwood, and sagebrush.

Artemisia comprises hardy herbaceous plants and shrubs, which are known for the powerful chemical constituents in their essential oils. Artemisia species grow in temperate climates of both hemispheres, usually in dry or semiarid habitats.The leaves of many species are covered with white hairs.

Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

flavonoids, quercitin 3-glucoside, quercitin 3-rhamnoglucoside, spinacetin 3-glucoside, spinacetin 3-rhamnoglucoside, and others[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada urigattige, uruvalu
Hindi vilayati afsantin
Malayalam nilampala, shulabandha
Tamil macipattiri, macippaccai
Telugu moshipatri, tartiha
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit damar, indhana
English Wormwood, bsinthium


Habit

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple spirally Greenish-grey above and white below, covered with silky silvery-white trichomes and bearing minute oil-producing glands

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 2-4cm long pale yellow 5 tubular, and clustered in spherical bent-down heads, which are in turn clustered in leafy and branched panicles

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
achene seed dispersal is by gravity It grows naturally on uncultivated, arid ground, on rocky slopes, and at the edge of footpaths and fields With hooked hairs many {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

The genus Artemisia includes a large number of species and some have been cultivated as commercial crops with a wide diversity of uses[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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References

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  2. "warmwood"
  3. "flowers of india"
  4. "mrdicinal palnts"

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