Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lactuca serriola L. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alface-de-espinho	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
alface-silvestre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bnakahoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
compass plant	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
compassplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
escarola	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
horse thistle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaahu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaahuu barri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaahuu saharai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kakubha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kass barri	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
kavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khass el-baqar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
khass el-homar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kompass-lattich	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
laitue sauvage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lechuga espinaca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
milk thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
mullu lettuse	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullu salaasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prickly lettuce	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
saaleet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
salaad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
salattu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
scarole	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
stachellattich	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
taggsallat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tukhm kahu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm kehu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm-i-kahu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanya-kaahuu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
wild lettuce	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild opium	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wilder lattich	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
خس الحمار‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
خس بري	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
‫خس الزيت	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed, root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
whole plant		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 37 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lactuca scariola L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1119 (1763), nom. superfl.
Hieracium lactuca E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 14: 108 (1906).
Lactuca albicaulis Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 809 (1875).
Lactuca altaica Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 11: 73 (1846).
Lactuca angustana All. Auct. Syn. Meth. Stirp. Hort. Regii Taur.: 19 (1773).
Lactuca angustifolia Lam. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 460 (1821).
Lactuca augustana All. Auct. Syn. Meth. Stirp. Hort. Regii Taur.: 19 (1773).
Lactuca auriculata Aitch. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 173 (1882).
Lactuca bracteata Wall. Numer. List: n.° 3243 (1831).
Lactuca coriacea Sch.Bip. Linnaea 15: 725 (1842).
Lactuca dubia Jord. Mém. Acad. Natl. Sci. Lyon, Cl. Sci. 1: 330 (1851).
Lactuca elata Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 180 (1796).
Lactuca integrata (Gren. & Godr.) A.Nelson New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt.: 596 (1909).
Lactuca latifolia Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 234 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Lactuca officinarum Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 227 (1766).
Lactuca plicata Balb. Cat. Hort. Taur.: 45 (1813).
Lactuca pseudovirosa Sch.Bip. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 435 (1879).
Lactuca sativa subsp. serriola (L.) Frietema Cult. Pl. & Wild Fl.: 148 (1996).
Lactuca scariola subsp. augustanae (All.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 424 (1882).
Lactuca scariola var. dubia (Jord.) St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 495 (1889).
Lactuca scariola subsp. integrata (Gren. & Godr.) Piper Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 549 (1906).
Lactuca scariola var. integrata Gren. & Godr. Fl. France Corse 2: 320 (1850).
Lactuca scariola var. integrifolia (Gray) Bogenh. Rev. Fl. Spa: 265 (1825).
Lactuca scariola var. nieuwlandii Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 2: 171, 176 (1912).
Lactuca serriola var. integrata Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 46 (1926).
Lactuca serriola f. integrifolia (Gray) S.D.Prince & R.N.Carter Watsonia 11: 337 (1977).
Lactuca serriola subsp. integrifolia (Gray) G.H.Loos Jahrb. Bochum. Bot. Vereins 1: 124 (2010).
Lactuca serriola subvar. plicata Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 46 (1926).
Lactuca serriola f. serriola (Gray) S.D.Prince & R.N.Carter Watsonia 11: 337 (1977).
Lactuca sylvestris Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd. 3: t. 316 (1764), not validly publ.
Lactuca sylvestris Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 84 (1779).
Lactuca sylvestris var. integrifolia (Gray) Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 60 (1827).
Lactuca tephrocarpa K.Koch Linnaea 23: 672 (1851).
Lactuca verticalis Gaterau Descr. Pl. Montauban: 138 (1789).
Lactuca virosa Lucé Topogr. Nachr. Oesel: 260 (1823), sensu auct.
Lactuca virosa var. integrifolia Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 417 (1821 publ. 1822).
Wiestia spectabilis Sch.Bip. Jahrb. Pract. Pharm. Verwandte Fächer 4: 155 (1841).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lactuca scariola L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lactuca serriola L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lactuca serriola Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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