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)
bird’s nest	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
boktel	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
carrot	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) 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) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
carrots	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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)
devil’s plague	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
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	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. & 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 Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
gazzer	Other	Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016)
gizri	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
grnjanakah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gêzer	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
havij	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
hóng lú fú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hú luó bǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hú luó bǔ zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jazar	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jizr	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
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)
karot	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
lobak merah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
mon-la-ni	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
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 Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
queen anne's-lace	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
queen annes lace	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
queen anne’s lace	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
queen's-lace	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
queen-anne's lace	Other	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
radix dauci	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
red carrot	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
salosi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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	Pl. & 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)
u-wa-yaing	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
wild carrot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) 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)
wortel	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ye hu luo bo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yovoyi sabzi	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
zanahoria	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
zanahoria española	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
zardak	Other	Tradit. 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	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
خله	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
زردک	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
කැරට්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
‫جزر‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
南鹤虱	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
红芦菔	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
胡萝卜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
胡萝卜子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
野胡萝卜根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鹤虱风	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 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 Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Fruit		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Tuber, seed		Tradit. 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 Balochistan, Pakistan (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-Medit. 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)
fruit		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Fruit		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Leaves, roots		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
fruit, root, leaf		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
seeds	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
seed	oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
seeds		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
roots		Med. Pl. 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) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Daucus carota L.	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Ethnobot. of Swat Valley, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2018) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) 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. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) 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) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) 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)
Daucus carota L. subsp. carota	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Daucus carota Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Daucus carota Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Daucus carota subsp. carota L.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Dauscus carota L.	Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)

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