Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sinapis alba L. [Brassicaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Sinapis alba subsp. alba

Sinapis alba subsp. dissecta (Lag.) Simonk.

Sinapis alba subsp. mairei (H.Lindb.) Maire

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aavalu	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
akantanal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antamray	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
apali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ayami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ayccuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ayccurikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bai jie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
bai jie zi	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bai jie zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
baijiezi	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
báijièzǐ	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
cacanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cacinakkatuku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cacinam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cannacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cannacalaikkatuku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cannacalakkatuku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cannacalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carucapam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caruvisam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinese mustard	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
chying-hkrang-ahpraw	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
cimaikkatuku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinakkatam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittacatanakkatuku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittacatanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittarikkatuku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittarttam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gaurasarsapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
horf-e-abyaz	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
iraccitapalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jie zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
jiezi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
kadugu	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kardal abiad	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
katippai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattapati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattimpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuku	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
katukumani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katumpai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuppai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katutailam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katutittati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaurikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kedlock	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kevu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khardal-e-sefid	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
khardale-abyaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurkevu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurkovu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutanacani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutanacini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lapsana	Other	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
lapsánes	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
mayirmanikkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mohori-pandri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mostarda-branca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mostaza blanca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
moutarde blanche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
mustard	Other	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
mustard seed	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
nallavalu	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
nattacevi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rai	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
rai baitine	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
rajika	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
recanakkina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safed rai	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safedrai	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
salad mustard	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
sasaval	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
semen sinapis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
semen sinapis albae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
senape bianca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shalaiwa	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
shleyola	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
shvetasarshapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siddhartha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siddharthah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sinapis alba	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sinapis albae semen	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
sinapis semen	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
sipandane-supid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sufedrai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
svetasarisha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
svetasarsapah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talnattam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
titcanakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
titcanakkatuku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm halun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vella-kadugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellai-katuku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellaikkatuku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellaiyutam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellaiyutitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ven-kadugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venkadugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venkalikkatuku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venkatuku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vitsenap	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
weiss senf	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
weiße senfsamen	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
weißer senf	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white mustard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
white mustard seed	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
yellow mustard	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yellow or white mustard	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yung kar	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
yungs dkar	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
λαψάνες	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
σινάπι	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
حرف أبيض	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
خردل ابيض	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
خردل بري‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
خردل سفید	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
شليوله	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
شليوه	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
ཡུངས་ཀར།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
‫خردل أبيض	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
白芥	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白芥子	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
芥子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
seeds		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
seed	ripe seed	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Seed		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Seed		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
aerial part		Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
aerial part		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
tender shoot		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
tender tops		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
ripe seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Seed	Oil	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
seed		Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006)
seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
seeds		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Seeds		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
seed	ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed		ISO Catalogue (2009)
Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Brassica alba (L.) Rabenh. Fl. Lusat. 1: 184 (1839).
Raphanus albus (L.) Crantz Cl. Crucif. Emend.: 109 (1769).
Eruca alba (L.) Noulet Fl. Bass. Sous-Pyrén.: 33 (1837).
Leucosinapis alba (L.) Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 6: 350 (1838).
Rhamphospermum album (L.) Andrz. ex Rchb. in J.C.Mössler, Handb. Gewächsk., ed. 2. 2: 1186 (1828).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Brassica abba (Linn)Czern& Coss	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Brassica alba	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Brassica alba (L.) Rabenh	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Brassica alba (L.) Rabenh.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Brassica alba (L.)Rabenh.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Brassica alba L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Raphanus albus L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Sinapis alba	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Sinapis alba L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006) 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)
Sinapis alba L. Rabenh.	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Sinapis alba L. subsp. alba	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Sinapis alba Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Sinapsis alba L.	ISO Catalogue (2009)

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