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Withania somnifera

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Name

Identification
Withania somnifera (L.) Dun. [family SOLANACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by P. Ascherson, 1881 Physalis somnifera L. [family SOLANACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Physalis flexuosa L. [family SOLANACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Atropa frutescens
  • Physalis curassivica
  • Physalis somnifera
  • Withania mucronata
  • Withania somnifera
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  • Withania microphysalis
  • Physalis flexuosa
Common name
  • croqueret somnifère (N Africa, Boulos)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • к̉arama anta (JMD) к̉arama auta (JRA; FRI) к̉aramanta (JMD) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • burrwood; cheese tree; horse root (Lushington); rennet (N Africa, Boulos); winter cherry (S Africa, Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • zafua (HM) (MALI, ARABIC (Mali)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for WITHANIA somnifera Dunal [family SOLANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 87, (1904) Author: By C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
WITHANIA somnifera Dunal [family SOLANACEAE], in DC. Prod. xiii. i. 453, incl. vars.;—Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 287; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 239; O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. iii. ii. 229.
WITHANIA? arborescens Dunal [family ], l.c. 455.
Physalis somnifera Linn. [family SOLANACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 182; Sibth. Fl. Gr. t. 233
Physalis somnifera Nees var. communis [family SOLANACEAE], in Linnæa, vi. 455; Drège in Linnæa, xx. 203
Physalis somnifera Nees var. flexuosa [family SOLANACEAE], l.c. 454; Wight, Ic. t. 853.
Physalis tomentosa Thunb. [family SOLANACEAE], Prodr. 37, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 191; Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 58, 59, 134, 139.
Physalis arborescens Linn. [family SOLANACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 261; Thunb. Prodr. 37, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 190; Nees in Linnæa, vi. 456.
Hypnoticum somniferum Rodrig. ex Dunal [family ], l.c. 453.
Information
an erect much-branched shrub, 3–4 ft. high; stem terete, tomentose; leaves ovate, obovate or oblong, obtuse, tapering towards the base, entire or very slightly sinuate, variable in size, averaging 2 1/2 by 1 in., more or less tomentose on both surfaces; petiole 6 lin. long, tomentose, channelled above; flowers 4–6 in axillary fascicles; pedicels 2 lin. long in flower, elongating afterwards; calyx 1 lin. in diam., campanulate, densely tomentose outside; lobes 5, lanceolate; corolla 2 1/2 lin. long, divided nearly to the middle into 5 triangular lobes; filaments inserted near the corolla-base, 1 1/2 lin. long, filiform; anthers oval, 1/4 lin. long; ovary ovoid, glabrous; style shorter than the stamens; berry globose, glabrous, 3 lin. in diam., enclosed in the much inflated calyx; seeds compressed. null
Range
Also in the drier subtropical parts of India, Arabia, Persia, the Mediterranean Region, the Canaries and Tropical Africa.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; near the Fish River, Burke! and without precise locality, Cooper, 525! Fraserburg Div.; Nieuwveld, between Zak River Poort and Leeuwen Fontein, 3000–4000 ft., Drège! Beaufort West Div.; between Rhenoster Kop and Ganze Fontein, 3500–4500 ft., Drège; Graaff Reinet Div.; amongst shrubs on the Sneeuwberg Range, 3800 ft., Bolus, 1963! Aliwal North Div.; Aliwal North, Kuntze.COAST REGION Cape Div.; Lion Mountain, Burchell, 106! Ecklon, 635! gravel-pit below Lion Battery, Wolley Dod, 3395! Swellendam Div.; between Swellendam and Breede River, Burchell, 7451! Oudtshoorn Div.; near Slang River, Thunberg! Uitenhage Div.; Zwartkops River, 50–500 ft., Zeyher, 3465, 495! Enon, under 1000 ft., Drège! Sam Tees Vlakte, near Enon, Baur, 154! Alexandria Div.? between Fish River and Sunday River Thunberg! Albany Div.; near Boschmans River and Geelhoutboom, under 1000 ft., Drège! Peddie Div.; Fredricksburg, Gill!EASTERN REGION Tembuland; Bazeia, 2000 ft., Baur, 597! Natal; near the Umlazi River, Krauss, 150! on sandy hills near Durban, Wood, 1761! Krantz Kloof, near Ladysmith, Kuntze, and without precise locality, Gueinzius! Cooper, 1185! 2811! Gerrard, 51!KALAHARI REGION Griqualand West; plain at the foot of the Asbestos Mountains, between Kloof Village and Witte Water, Burchell, 2069! at Griqua Town, Burchell, 1923! Transvaal; Wonderboom Poort, Rehmann, 4525! Libombo Mountains, Wilms, 1015!WESTERN REGION Great Namaqualand; Tiras, Schinz, 862!

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