Withania somnifera (L.) Dun.  

Withania somnifera (L.) Dun.

Arabic Names : Sammal Farakh, Faqaish, Saikran, Murjan An erect, much branched,
0.5-1.5 m tall shrub. All parts densely pubescent with soft, erect, dedritic hairs.

Petiole 1-3 cm long. Leaves ovate to broadly ovate, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, entire, acute to obtuse, attenuate to truncate at base, hairy on both surfaces, densely so below, 2-12 x 1-10 cm.

Flowers bisexual, solitary or in fascicles of 2-16, congested; pedicels 1-8 mm long.

Calyx 2-4 mm long, campanulate, densely hairy outside; in fruit membranous and enlarging up to 2.2 cm including 1-5 mm long linear acumen.

Corolla yellowish green, 5-8 mm long, campanulate, lobes ovate-triangular, hairy outside, margin somewhat clavate-hairy.

Stamens small, c.3 mm long; anthers apiculate. Ovary glabrous; stigma globose. Berry globose, 5-7 mm in diameter, shining red, enclosed by the calyx