Wildlife & Flora
Mug Wort
Mug Wort (Artemisia indica) is a wildlife & flora sighting recorded around Phedi, Pothana, Tolka.
- Scientific name
- Artemisia indica
- Local name
- Titepati
- Category
- Wildlife & Flora
These are tall aromatic shrubs of about 2.4 m and are quite useful. Titepati in Nepali means bitter leaves. Though bitter, it cures asthma, itching, anorexia, gastritis, rheumatism, bronchitis, fever, headache and diarrhea. Externally, it is used in skin diseases and foul ulcers and also can be applied to the head of young children for the prevention of convulsion.
