Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Artemisia

Common Name

sweet wormwood, Huang Hua Hao

Plant Figure

Description

Artemisia annua is known to be the source of artemisinin worldwide which is an antimalarial compound but is synthesised in very limited amount in the plant. Artemisinin is the anti-malarial compound found in the plant which also possesses other activities like anti-parasitic and anti-viral.