Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lepidium latifolium L. [Brassicaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bitterkrassing	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
breitblättrige kresse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
broadleaf peppergrass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
broadleaf pepperwort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
broadleaved pepperweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chunma	Other	Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
dittander	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erva-pimenteira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gonyuch	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
grande passerage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
habb r-shad	Other	Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001)
karaffraf	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
kharfaq	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
lepidio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mastuerzo montesino	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mostarda-perene	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
peppergrass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pepperweed	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
perennial pepper cress	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
perennial peppergrass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
perennial pepperwe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
qonna-barri	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
sheitaraj	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
tall whitetop	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
خرفرف	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
خرفق	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
شيطرج	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
قنابرّي	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Leaves, Root		Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
seeds		Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001)
leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seeds		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cardaria latifolia (L.) Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 6: 546 (1838).
Crucifera latifolia (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 6: 154 (1902).
Lepidium dioscaridis Bubani Fl. Pyren. 3: 244 (1901).
Lepidium latifolium subsp. eulatifolium Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41(Abh. 1): 160 (1906), not validly publ.
Lepidium latifolium var. europaeum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 255 (1866).
Lepidium latifolium var. mongolicum Franch. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 5: 191 (1883).
Lepidium latifolium f. pubescens Kuusk Fl. Estonskoĭ SSR 5: 531 (1973).
Nasturtiastrum latifolium (L.) Gillet & Magne Nouv. Fl. Franç.: 40 (1863).
Nasturtium latifolium (L.) Crantz Cl. Crucif. Emend.: 79 (1769).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lepidium latifolium	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Lepidium latifolium L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lepidium latifolium Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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