Common names: winter cherry (Eng.); bitterappelliefie, geneesblaarbossie, koorshout (Afr.); bofepha (Sotho); ubuvuma (Xhosa); ubuvimbha (Zulu); ashwagandha (Hindi).
Family: Solanaceae
... Welman National Herbarium, Pretoria December 2011 Withania somnifera is a small shrub to 2 m high and to 1 m ... while the fruiting time is mostly from October to July. Withania somnifera can be recognised by the red fruit covered ... that have a strong smell of green tomatoes. The genus Withania is restricted to the Old World; it is rather closely ...
05 / 12 / 2011 | M Welman | National Herbarium Pretoria
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