Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Artemisia indica
Scientific Name and Description
Artemisia nilagirica (CLARKE) PAMP.
Artemisia indica Willd.
Artemisia indica Willd.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Artemisia indica WILLD.
Artemisia vulgaris AUCT.NON L.
A. vulgaris
Artemisia nilagirica
Artemisia vulgaris AUCT.NON L.
A. vulgaris
Artemisia nilagirica
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | cingulum sancti johannis, felon herb, jack, mugwort, st. johns plant |
| Hindi | buer, charmar, charmar (khardar), dauna, davana, dona, drubsha, gathivana, kunja, kunjaa, majtari, mastaru, nagadouna, nagdona, nugduna, seski, Lekh लेह |
| Kannada | davana, kaadu manji pathre, machi-patri, manchapatri, manji pathre, manjipatre, manjipatri, naaga metta, Neelavempu ನೀಲವೆಂಪು |
| Malayalam | appa, damanakam, kattucetti, kattuchatti, kattuchettippu, katu-tsjetti-pu, macipatri, makkippu, makkippuvu, mashipatri, masipatri, nilampala, rirunittipacha, tiru-nitripach-cha, tirunirripacca, tirunitripaccha, tirunittipacca |
| Marathi | davana, dhordhavana, gathona, gothona, mamdpatri, surband, surpin |
| Sanskrit | agnidamani, bahukantaka, barha, barhikusum, barhipushpa, brahmajata, damanah, damanaka, damanakah, damani, dana, gandhotkata, granthika, granthiparna, granthiparnaka, granthiparni, guccaphala, guchhaka, gutthaka, kakapushpa, ksudradusparsa, ksudrakantakari, kukura, nagadamanaka, nagadamani, nilapushpa, puspacamara, saraparni, shirnakhya, shuka, shukabarha, shukachhada, shukapuccha, sthauneya, sugandha, svaramaguchhaka, tailaparnaka, tapodhana, vanyadamanaka |
| Tamil | apicinti, caciyatitam, caciyatitappattiri, cankali, cankalippattiri, cinaccamanti, kantanakuli1, kattucetippu, kolacepikam, kolakacepikacceti, kolakacirisam, kolakaciritam, kulaputtiran, maasi-battiri, maasipattiri, maccippaddiri, machipatchai, machipatri, machipattiri, maci , macipattiri, macippaccai, macippattiri, mahibattiri, makkippu, marukozhunthu, mashiputrie, masipatchai, masipathri, masipattiri, nakatamani, nattumacippattiri, olikavipattiri, olikavippattiri, tavanam, tirunama, tirunamacceti, tiyamam, vacam ,varai , varaippattiram |
| Telugu | adavi-dhavanamu, davanamu, maachipathri, macha patri, machi-patri, mashipatri, Neelavemu నీలవేము |
| Tibetan | dha ma na ga, dha ma na ga (d) |
| Urdu | arthamasia, baranjasif |
| common name | Indian wormwood |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Flowers
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Artemisia nilagirica (C.B. Clarke) Pamp
Habit-Shrub
Parts used -Whole plant
Application -Removing worms from wounds; joint and muscle to relieve pain over boils; to prevent microbial infection; epilepsy; diarrhoea; fever; mosquito repellent; Wounds; cuts; scabies; and inflammations
Treatment -General; animals
References -Namsa et al. 2009, Sharma et al. 2013
References
Literature
Literature
Namsa et al. 2009,
Sharma et al. 2013
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
A Contribution to the Flora of Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh Author - A S Chauhan, K P Singh, D K Singh
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
FLORA OF INDIA VOL 12 Author - ED. B.D. SHARMA & M.SANJAPPA , N.P. BALAKRISHNAN
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Jowai Vol.I Author - N.P.Balakrishnan
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
FLORA OF RAJASTHAN Author - KUNDAN K SHARMA & SHIVA SHARMA
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Artemisia indica. (2024, August 25). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_indica