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Artemisia vulgaris L.

[ Family : Asteraceae (Compositae) ]
[ Synonyms : Absinthium spicatum (Wulfen ex Jacq.) Baumg.; Artemisia affinis Hassk.; Artemisia coarctata Forselles ; Artemisia discolor Douglas ex DC.; Artemisia glabrata DC.; Artemisia heyneana Wall.; Artemisia javanica Pamp.; Artemisia officinalis Gaterau ; Artemisia opulenta Pamp.; Artemisia parviflora Wight ; Artemisia ruderalis Salisb.; Artemisia superba Pamp.; Artemisia wallichiana Besser ]
[ Common name (Local) : Nagdona, Nagdamani, Titepati (Nep.) ]
Name in other Languages :
  • Bengali : Nagdona, Nagdamani, Titepati (Nep.) | Sanskrit : Nagadamani, Damanakah | Hindi : Nagdouna, Nagdona | Tribal : Not available yet | English : Common wormwood, Acne vulgaris, Mugwort | Other Languages : Makkipuvu, Damanal (Mal.) ; Machipattiri (Tam.)
    • [ Trade Name : Nagdona ]
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Plant Characteristics :
Habit : Tall perennial aromatic shrub
Habitat & Ecology : , Wild, grows in dry, shady wastelands as well as sun-exposed places in a wide variety of soil and climatic condition.
Occurrence : Found through out the state, more frequently in the sub-Hmalayan tract upto 2400 m.

Status : Frequent
Botanical Character : A tall perennial, shrubby aromatic herb, often forming thickets 2-3 m high, with branches gradually smaller upwards. Leaves alternate, upto 16-17 cm long and broad ; the leaves normally vary from very lobulate, like those of the garden chrysanthemum, to pinnatifidly 2-3-sect, pretty smooth above, woolly and white tomentose underneath; upper leaves smaller, 3-lobed. Flower heads are small, subglobose, yellowish white, solitary or 2-3 together, in terminal and axillary leafy branches. Hermaphrodite florets about ten in the centre, female ones about the same number in the circumference. Fruit oblong-ellipsoid, minute nutlets.

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Flowering & Fruiting : September--February
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Soil Character : Can grow on wide range of soil varieties.
Climate : Tropical and subtropical
Propagules : Seeds, Stem cuttings
Sowing Times : Throughout the year
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