Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lactuca sativa L. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ab kahu sabz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
abu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
alface	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
asparagus lettuce	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bindsalade	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
callattu-k-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
celtuce	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chicoree des jardins	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
garden lettuce	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
garden letuce	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
kaahuu bustaani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaccu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kahu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
kattuccallattu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khas	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
khass	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kāhou	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
laitue	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
laitue alimentaire	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
laitue commune	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
laitue pour tisane	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
lechuga	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
letsugas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lettuce	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) 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)
lettucu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maroúli	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
marul	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
qiān jīn cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
saang choy	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
salaad baaghi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
salaad pattaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
salaadi soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
salaat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
salad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
salat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
salattu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
selada	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shallattu virai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sheng cai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shēng cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sla	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
stem lettuce	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sàn yè wō jù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tisya	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
tukhm kahu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm kahu muqqashar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm-i-kahu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tzu chu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
vegetable of life	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
wo chu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
wo chu tzu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
wo ju	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
wosun	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
yè hāo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yè wō jù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
μαρούλι	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
خس	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
سخ	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
کاهو	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
‫خس‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
千金菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
叶莴苣	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
叶蒿	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
散叶莴苣	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
生菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
莴苣	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
莴苣子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Seed	Oil	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Stem		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Seed, leaf		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Leaves		Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
leaf		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
leaf		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
stem, leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leaf		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
leaf		Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
fruit, leaf, aerial part, root, stem, entire plant		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
leaves, root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lactuca scariola var. sativa (L.) Moris Fl. Sardoa 2: 531 (1843).
Lactuca capitata (L.) Cuvier Mém. Soc. Émul. Abbeville 1833: 410 (1833).
Lactuca capitata DC. Prodr. 7: 138 (1838).
Lactuca crispa (L.) Roth Bot. Abh. Beobacht.: 24 (1787).
Lactuca esculenta Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 180 (1796).
Lactuca laciniata Roth Catal. Bot. 1: 96 (1797).
Lactuca palmata Willd. Phytographia 1: 10 (1794).
Lactuca romana (Gaudin) Cuvier Mém. Soc. Émul. Abbeville 1833: 410 (1833).
Lactuca sativa var. acephala Lej. in A.L.S.Lejeune & R.J.Courtois, Comp. Fl. Belg. 3: 95 (1836).
Lactuca sativa var. angustana Irish in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 2: 867 (1900).
Lactuca sativa var. asparagina L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 2: 166 (1930), nom. superfl.
Lactuca sativa convar. asparagina Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 28: 107 (1993).
Lactuca sativa var. capitata L. Sp. Pl.: 795 (1753).
Lactuca sativa subsp. capitata (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 512 (1834).
Lactuca sativa subsp. crispa (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 513 (1834).
Lactuca sativa var. crispa L. Sp. Pl.: 795 (1753).
Lactuca sativa var. longifolia Gaudin Fl. Helv. 5: 35 (1829).
Lactuca sativa subsp. minii Hadidi Followers of Horus : 325 (1992).
Lactuca sativa var. patula Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 120 (1812), not validly publ.
Lactuca sativa var. planifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 120 (1812).
Lactuca sativa subsp. romana (Gaudin) Spielm. ex Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 512 (1834).
Lactuca sativa var. romana Gaudin Fl. Helv. 5: 35 (1829).
Lactuca sativa var. spinosa Lej. in A.L.S.Lejeune & R.J.Courtois, Comp. Fl. Belg. 3: 95 (1836).
Lactuca sativa var. yemensis X.S.Shen & Run L.Lu Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 18: 32 (1998).
Lactuca scariola subsp. sativa (L.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 187 (1894), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lactuca satiua L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Lactuca sativa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) 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)
Lactuca sativa L.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) 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) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) 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)
Lactuca sativa Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Lactuca sativa Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Lactuca scariola L. var. saliva (L.) Hook. f.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lactuca scariola var. sativa	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Latuca sativa	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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