Artemisia carvifolia
Buchanan-Hamilton ex Roxburgh
Titepati
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Description
An annual herb. It grows up to 1 m high. The leaves on the stem are oblong and 5-15 cm long by 2-6 cm wide. They are divided 2 or 3 times.
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Edible Uses
Young plants are cooked as a vegetable. Leaves are used as flavouring in tea and coffee.
Traditional Uses
The young plants are cooked. The leaves are used as flavouring in tea and coffee.
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Medicinal Uses
In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), A. annua is prepared with water to treat fever. Owing to duplication in ancient TCM sources, A. annua is more commonly referred to as qinghao (Chinese: 青蒿; pinyin: qīnghāo), the modern Chinese name for Artemisia carvifolia, as opposed to its current Chinese name huanghuahao.
Distribution
A tropical and subtropical plant. It grows on river banks and flooded land as well as on coastal beaches from sea level to high elevations. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, SE Asia, Vietnam,
Cultivation
It can be grown from seed or by using cuttings.
Notes
There are about 300 Artemisia species. The root is used as medicine in Nepal.
Synonyms
References (6)
- Bircher, A. G. & Bircher, W. H., 2000, Encyclopedia of Fruit Trees and Edible Flowering Plants in Egypt and the Subtropics. AUC Press. p 42 (As carvifolia)
- Fl. ind. ed. 1832 3:422. 1832 "carnifolia"
- Ling Yuou-ruen & C. J. Humphries, ASTERACEAE (Draft), Tribe ANTHEMIDEAE Cassini, in Flora of China
- Manandhar, N.P., 2002, Plants and People of Nepal. Timber Press. Portland, Oregon. p 96
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
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- Trendafilova, A., et al, 2020, Research Advances on Health Effects of Edible Artemisia Species and Some Sesquiterpene Lactones Constituents. Foods 2021, 10, 65. p 4
