Taxonomic study and medicinal importance of three species of the genus Artemisia Linn.
Taxonomic study and medicinal importance of three species of the genus Artemisia Linn.
Rizwana Aleem Qureshi*, Mushtaq Ahmad**, Zaheer Yousaf* and Muhammad Arshad*
ABSTRACT
Morphological features of three species of Artemisia viz. A. scoparia Waldst. & Kit. A. absinthium Linn. and A. brevifolia Wall. Ex DC. For plant size, leaf-shape and size, petiole length, inflorescence type and capitulum, were studied on the herbarium specimens preserved at Herbarium of Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. Medicinal properties and uses of these species were determined by interviewing Hakims and also from the literature. Characters recorded are head and receptacle, number of florests per head were taxonomically important to differentiate these species. It was observed that an important use of A. absinthium is as cure against liver diseases.
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March 2002
Vol. 52, Iss. 1
