Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: Sweet sagewort, Sweet wormwood

Family: Asteraceae (Aster)

Synonym: Artemisia chamomilla

Distribution: Asia

IUCN Red list: Not evaluated

Comments: In 1971, scientists demonstrated the plant extracts had antimalarial activity in primate models, and in 1972, the active ingredient, artemisinin, was isolated and its chemical structure described in a study to find an anti-malarial drug.