Withania somnifera, Ashwagandha - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Ashwagandha, Indian ginseng, Winter cherry, Poison gooseberry

Botanical name & synonyms: Withania somnifera, Withania sicula, Hypnoticum somniferum, Physalis alpini, Physalis flexuosa, Physalis scariosa, Physalis somnifera, Physalis sugunda, Physaloides somnifera, Withania kansuensis, Withania microphysalis

Family: Nightshades (Solanaceae)

• native to parts of North Africa and Asia
  

• perennial shrub
  

• 80 to 150cm
  

• medicinal herb
  

• frost-tender
  

• weight of 1000 seeds = 1,67 gram