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'''''Withania somnifera''''', known commonly as '''ashwagandha''' or '''winter cherry''',<ref name=GRIN>{{GRIN | access-date = 2011-10-29 }}</ref><ref name="drugs">{{cite web |title=Ashwagandha |url=https://www.drugs.com/npp/ashwagandha.html |publisher=Drugs.com |access-date=2 February 2021 |date=2 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="mlp">{{cite web|date=28 August 2020|title=Ashwagandha|url=https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/natural/953.html|access-date=21 September 2020|publisher=MedlinePlus, US National Library of Medicine}}</ref> is an evergreen shrub in the [[Solanaceae]] or nightshade family that grows in India, the Middle East, and parts of Africa. Several other species in the genus ''Withania'' are morphologically similar.<ref name=drugs/>
The plant, particularly its root powder, has been used for centuries in [[Ayurveda|traditional Indian medicine]].
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