Plant Details

Accepted name:: Eruca sativa Mill. [Brassicaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
achnef	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
ackerrauke	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
ai'afein	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
ai'sha	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
aruca	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
arugula	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
assu	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
baglet	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
bhutaghna	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
bhuutaghna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bimbata	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
bou kahli	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
chara	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
daradharsha	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
djerdjir	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
dua	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
duan	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
eihukan	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
eruca	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
euzomon	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
garden or salad rocket	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garden rocket	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gargir	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
garguir	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gery	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
grahagna	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
horf	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
italy rocca	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
izgin	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
jamba	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
jambeho	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
jambho	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Pl. for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
jamnia	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
jargir	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
jerjeir	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
jirjeer	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kadamba	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
kadambaka	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
kerkas	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
kibana suzushiro	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
lalu	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
lamba	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
mandab	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
mandao	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
mulai	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
olrauke	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
oroth	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
oruga comun	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
pado	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piao erh ts'ai	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
purple vein rocket	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rabano silvestre	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
rajakshavaka	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
rajika	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
rakshitaphala	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
rawk	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
roca	Other	Wild Edible Pl. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
rocka	Other	Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali et al., 2010) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
rocket	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
rocket salad	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rocket-salad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
roghan cheragh	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
roka	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
roqueta	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
roquette	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
roquette cultivee	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
roquette des jardins	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
roquette vraie	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
rouka	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
ruca	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
rucheta	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
rucola	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
rugula	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
ruke	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
róka	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
safed sarson	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sahwan	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
salad rocket	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sarishapa	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
sarshapa	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
senfrauke	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
sfed sarson	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
shiltam	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
shveta-sursaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shwetsursha	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
siddaartha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
siddartha	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
sidhaprayojana	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
sidharta	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
suffed shorshi	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
tamira	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tanakfail	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
tantubha	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
tantuka	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
tara	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
tara meera	Other	Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases, C Punjab, Pakistan (Fatima et al., 2018)
tara mira	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
taraamiraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
taramira	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
tare-tizak	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
tarmiro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thorfel	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
tira	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
tuvari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tuvarikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tuverika	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
ugragandha	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
waraqa	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
ρόκα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
تره تیزک	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
جرجير	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Herbalists in Lebanon (Deeb et al., 2013) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
روكا	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
ورقة	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
‫جرجير‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
芝麻菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seed	Oil	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Seed	Oil	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Leaf		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Seeds, shoot		Pl. for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Seed, whole plant		Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases, C Punjab, Pakistan (Fatima et al., 2018)
leaves, stems	young stems	Wild Edible Pl. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
leaves		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
aerial part, leaf		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
above ground parts, leaf		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Seeds		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
seed, leaves, flower	tender leaves, oil, juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
leaves	leaves juice	Med. Pl. Used by Herbalists in Lebanon (Deeb et al., 2013)
leaves		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 48 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Brassica eruca L. Sp. Pl.: 667 (1753).
Eruca cappadocica Reut. Cat. Hort. Genève: ? (1857).
Eruca cappadocica var. eriocarpa Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1: 396 (1867).
Eruca lativalvis Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1: 396 (1867).
Eruca sativa var. eriocarpa (Boiss.) Post Fl. Syria: 79 (1896).
Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa (Mill.) Thell. in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 4: 201 (1918).
Brassica erucoides Hornem. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 2: 621 (1815).
Brassica erucoides Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 117 (1832).
Brassica hispida Ten. Fl. Napol. 1: 39 (1811).
Brassica lativalvis Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 6: 12 (1846).
Brassica sativa (Mill.) Y.Z.Zhao Collect. Works Zhao Yizhi: 204 (2018), nom. illeg.
Brassica turgida Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 207 (1806).
Brassica uechtritziana Janka Természetrajzi Füz. 6: 182 (1882).
Crucifera eruca E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 6: 131 (1902).
Eruca cappadocica Reut. ex Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 6: 13 (1859).
Eruca eruca (L.) Asch. & Graebn. Fl. Nordostdeut. Flachl.: 362 (1898), not validly publ.
Eruca foetida Moench Methodus: 256 (1794).
Eruca glabrescens Jord. Diagn. Esp. Nouv.: 193 (1864).
Eruca glabrescens var. valverdensis Pit. in J.-C.M.Pitard & L.Proust, Iles Canaries: 104 (1909).
Eruca grandiflora Cav. Descr. Pl.: 426 (1802).
Eruca hispida (Ten.) DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 638 (1821), nom. illeg.
Eruca longirostris var. leptocarpa Pau Not. Bot. Fl. Españ. 4: 16 (1891).
Eruca longistyla Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 368 (1875).
Eruca oleracea J.St.-Hil. Pl. France 4: 22 (1809).
Eruca orthosepala (Lange) Lange Index Seminum (C, Hauniensi) 1857: 28 (1857).
Eruca permixta Jord. Diagn. Esp. Nouv.: 193 (1864).
Eruca ruchetta Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 6: 355 (1838).
Eruca sativa var. dasycarpa Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 2: 63 (1895).
Eruca sativa proles glabrescens (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 2: 64 (1895).
Eruca sativa var. hispida (Ten.) J.Groves Pl. Tripol.: 103 (1914).
Eruca sativa var. hispida Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 2: 63 (1895).
Eruca sativa subsp. lativalvis (Boiss.) Greuter & Burdet Willdenowia 13: 88 (1983).
Eruca sativa proles permixta (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 2: 64 (1895).
Eruca sativa var. polysperma Rouy Rev. Sci. Nat. (Montpellier), sér. 3, 3: 69 (1883), nom. superfl.
Eruca stenocarpa var. major Rouy Rev. Sci. Nat. (Montpellier), sér. 3, 2: 559 (1883), nom. superfl.
Eruca subbipinnata Chiov. Atti Soc. Naturalisti Mat. Modena 63: 35 (1932).
Eruca sylvestris Bubani Fl. Pyren. 3: 194 (1901).
Eruca vesicaria var. cappadocica (Reut. ex Boiss.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 400 (1936).
Eruca vesicaria subvar. hispida (Ten.) Thell. in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc 4: 1004 (1941).
Eruca vesicaria subsp. lativalvis (Boiss.) Thell. in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 4: 203 (1908).
Eruca vesicaria subvar. oleracea (J.St.-Hil.) Emb. & Maire in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc 4: 1004 (1941).
Eruca vesicaria var. orthosepala Lange Index Seminum (C, Hauniensi) 1853: 18 (1853).
Eruca vesicaria var. sativa (Mill.) Thell. Fl. Adv. Montpellier: 260 (1912).
Euzomum hispidum Link Handbuch 2: 319 (1831).
Euzomum sativum Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 175 (1822).
Raphanus eruca (L.) Crantz Cl. Crucif. Emend.: 111 (1769).
Sinapis eruca (L.) Vest Man. Bot.: 586 (1805).
Sinapis exotica DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 638 (1821).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Brassica eruca	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Eruca cappadocica Reut.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Eruca cappadocica Reut. eriocarpa Boiss.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Eruca lativalvis Boiss.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Eruca sativa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Eruca sativa (L.) Cav.	Pl. for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Eruca sativa (L.) Mill.	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
Eruca sativa L.	Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali et al., 2010) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Eruca sativa Mill.	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. Used by Herbalists in Lebanon (Deeb et al., 2013) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015) Sustainab. of Ethno-Med. Uses, N Pakistan (Adnan et al., 2006) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) Wild Edible Pl. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Eruca sativa Mill. eriocarpa (Boiss.)Post	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Eruca sativa Miller	Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases, C Punjab, Pakistan (Fatima et al., 2018) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Eruca sativa Milleu	Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000)
Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. subsp. sativa	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. subsp. sativa (Mill.) Thell.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Eruca vesicaria (L.)Cav. sativa (Mill.)Thell.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa (Mill.) Thell.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa (P. Mill.) Thellung	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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