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Artemisia indica Willd.

[ Family : Asteraceae (Compositae) ]

[ Synonyms : Artemisia indica var. indica ; Artemisia asiatica (Pamp.) Nakai ex Kitamura ; Artemisia vulgaris auct. non L., Roxburgh ]

[ Common name (Local) : Titeypati, Asian mugwort ]

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Name in other Languages :

• Bengali : Titeypati, Dona | Sanskrit : Dona, Dana | Hindi : Gund mar | Tribal : Not available yet | English : Asian mugwort, Japanese mugwort | Other Languages : Not available yet

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Plant Characteristics :

Habit : Perenial 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 frequently in the sub-Hmalayan tract upto 2400 m and Mahananda-Neora Valley.

Status : Frequent
Botanical Character : A tall perennial, shrubby aromatic herb, often forming thickets 2-3 m high, with branches gradually smaller upwards. Leaves alternate, without a stalk, 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 and little downy or villous underneath; upper leaves smaller, 3-lobed. Floral leaves entire and linear-lanceolate. Flowers all drooping, the heads small, subglobose, numerous, dull white 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.

Cultivation and Growth :

Flowering & Fruiting : September--February
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Soil Character : Can grow on wide range of soil varieties.
Climate : Tropical and subtropical
Propagules : Seeds
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Usable Parts of the Plant :

Leaf, Young shoot

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References & Acknowledgement :

Reference Books : 8,12,13
Reference Website : 3
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