Plant Details

Accepted name:: Daucus carota L. [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 25

Daucus carota var. abyssinicus A.Braun

Daucus carota subsp. annuus (Bég.) Mart.Flores, D.M.Spooner & M.B.Crespo

Daucus carota subsp. azoricus Franco

Daucus carota subsp. cantabricus A.Pujadas

Daucus carota subsp. capillifolius (Gilli) Arbizu

Daucus carota subsp. caporientalis Reduron

Daucus carota subsp. carota

Daucus carota subsp. commutatus (Paol.) Thell.

Daucus carota subsp. corsoccidentalis Reduron

Daucus carota subsp. drepanensis (Arcang.) Heywood

Daucus carota subsp. fontanesii Thell.

Daucus carota subsp. gadecaei (Rouy & E.G.Camus) Heywood

Daucus carota subsp. gummifer (Syme) Hook.f.

Daucus carota subsp. halophilus (Brot.) A.Pujadas

Daucus carota subsp. hispanicus (Gouan) Thell.

Daucus carota subsp. major (Vis.) Arcang.

Daucus carota subsp. majoricus A.Pujadas

Daucus carota subsp. maritimus (Lam.) Batt.

Daucus carota subsp. maximus (Desf.) Ball

Daucus carota var. meriensis Reduron

Daucus carota subsp. otaportensis Reduron

Daucus carota subsp. rupestris (Guss.) Heywood

Daucus carota subsp. tenuissimus (A.Chev.) Mart.Flores, D.M.Spooner & M.B.Crespo

Daucus carota subsp. valeriae Reduron

Daucus carota subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Schübl. & G.Martens

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abu maqabil	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bee s nest	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bird s nest	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bulmuj	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
carota	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
carotae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
carotte	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
carrot	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
carrot kalung	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carrot seed	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
carrot seed oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
dafkí	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
daqu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dauci carotae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
dauci carotae herba	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
dauci carotae radix	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
dendiramodaka	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
devil s plague	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
doqu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fructus carotae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
fructus dauci	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gafar	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gagar	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gajar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gajar kaddu kash ki hui	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gajar ke beej	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gajara	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gajara-kilamgu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gajaro	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gajjar	Other	Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
gajjara kelangu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gajjara-kilangu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gajjaragadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gajjaragedda	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gajjarakkilamgu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gajjari	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gajra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
garijard	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
garjarah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gazar	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gazara	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gazir	Other	Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
gazzer	Other	Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016)
gizri	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
grnjanakah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gêzer	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
jazar	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kaccarakkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kach	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
karattu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karatu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karottukkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karróto	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
kartkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu-kizhangu virai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kerau karthikkilange	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
khalah	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
mancal mullanki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mancalmullanki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manjal	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mannamullanki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marmuj.	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
morkov' dikaya	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
mormuj	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nanheshi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
narangavarnakah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pachcha mulangi	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
pachhamoollangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peethakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pita-kanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pita-kande	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
queen ann's lace	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
queen anne's lace	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998)
queen anne's-lace	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
queen annes lace	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
queen's-lace	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
queen-anne's lace	Other	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Mediterranean Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
radix dauci	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
salosi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shekhamulama	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
shikha-mulam	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
shikhamoolamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shu-mo-za	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tukhm gazar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm-e-gazar	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tukhm-i-gajar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild carrot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild carrot fruit	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
wilde möhre	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ye hu luo bo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
yovoyi sabzi	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
zanahoria	Other	Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
zardak	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
zardaka	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
zhapayy sabiz	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
δαυκί	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
καρρότο	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
جزر	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
خله	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
زردک	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
කැරට්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
南鹤虱	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Seed		Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)
Radix	Fresh	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Herb		Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Fruit		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Tuber, seed		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Root		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
Root		Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016)
Root		Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
Seeds, Tap root		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves, aerial part		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Mediterranean Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
tap root		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
fleshy root		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
seeds		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019)
roots		Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
herb, root, fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
root	dried root	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
fruit	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
fruits, plant		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Caucalis carota (L.) Crantz Cl. Umbell. Emend.: 113 (1767).
Daucus communis subsp. carota (L.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 7: 234 (1901), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Daucus carota	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Daucus carota L.	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Mediterranean Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Daucus carota L. subsp. carota	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Daucus carota Linn.	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Daucus carota Linnaeus	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Daucus carota subsp. carota L.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Dauscus carota L.	Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014)

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