Plant Details

Accepted name:

Lepidium sativum L. [Brassicaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aadalu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
aadithyalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aalividai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aandilee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adalavitulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adalvitulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adeli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aditya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adityalu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adiyalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agretto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
agriokartamílla	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
agrião	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ahaaleev	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ahaleeva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ahaliv	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ahaliva	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ahliv	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ahliva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ailan	Other	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
akalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alavibija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ali verai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ali-virai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alian	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
aliv	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aliverai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aliverie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alivirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alivitai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alivittu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alli beeja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
allibija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
allibja	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
allivirai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
alvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asaaliya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asalika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asalima	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aseliyo	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
aseriya	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ashalika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
assalia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
athaleeva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
berro de huerta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bhadra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
candrasura	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
candraśūra (seed)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
candrika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
candrikā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
candsur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantiracura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantirakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamsur	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
chamsuru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chand sura	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
chandasara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
chandasura	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
chandrashura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandrasur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandrasura	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandrika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chansar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chansaur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chansur	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
charmahantri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chaunsar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common cress	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
crescione inglese	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cresson alénois	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
daraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
drighabija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
farjir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garden cress	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
garden-cress	Other	Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
gartenkresse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
habb al-rashad	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
habb al-rrshad	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
habb-ul-rashaad (haloon)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
habbar-rashad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
habborreshād	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
habbur-rashad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
habburrashad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
halam	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
haleh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
half	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
halim	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haling	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haliv	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
haḅḅa arrašâd	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 1982)
holon	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
horf-e-bostāni	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
hurf	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jia du xing cai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kalamesha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapila	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
karavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krishna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurassaani	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kurutige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kárdamo	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
kártamo	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
lafsur	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
maqliāsā	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
mastruço	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
nandini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pashumehankarika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pasumehanakarika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peppercress	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pepperweed	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
pepperwort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
raktabija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktaraji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rashad	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
reschad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rohita sarushapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sidhaprayojana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
smörgåskrasse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
suvasura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taratej	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tokhm-e-taretizak	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
tongue cress	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
towdri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
town cress	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tukhme-turrah-tezak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turrah-tizkah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
umatholisa	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
umathoyisa	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
vasapuspi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
αγριοκαρταμίλλα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
κάρδαμο	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
κάρταμο	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
تخم تره تیزک	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
حب الرشاد	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
حرف بستانی	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
رشاد	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
مقلیاثا	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ḥarf	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 1982)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds		Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015)
Seed		Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Fruit		MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
Seed		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Seeds		Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
aerial part		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
above ground parts		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Seeds		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
whole herb, seed		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
seeds		Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
herb, root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	dried seed	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
leaf		Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 1982)
Leaf, Root, Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Arabis chinensis Rottler ex Wight Ill. Ind. Bot. 1: t. 12 (1840).
Cardamon sativum (L.) Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 338 (1868).
Crucifera nasturtium E.H.L.Krause in J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 6: 151 (1902).
Lepia sativa (L.) Desv. J. Bot. Agric. 3: 165 (1815).
Lepidium sativum var. australe Alef. Landw. Fl.: 254 (1866).
Lepidium sativum var. crispum (Medik.) DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 534 (1821).
Lepidium sativum var. latifolium DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 534 (1821).
Lepidium sativum var. pallidum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 255 (1866).
Lepidium sativum var. schimperi Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 51: 161 (1906).
Lepidium sativum var. silvestre Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 51: 160 (1906).
Lepidium sativum var. spinescens (DC.) Jafri Fl. W. Pakistan 55: 55 (1973).
Lepidium sativum subsp. spinescens (DC.) Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 51: 160 (1906).
Lepidium sativum var. triplocrispum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 254 (1866).
Lepidium sativum var. vulgare Alef. Landw. Fl.: 254 (1866).
Lepidium spinescens DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 534 (1821).
Nasturtium crispum Medik. Pfl.-Gatt.: 81 (1792).
Nasturtium hortense Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 401 (1764), opus utique rej.
Nasturtium sativum (L.) Moench Methodus: 270 (1794).
Nasturtium spinescens (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 937 (1891).
Nasturtium spinosum Desv. ex Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 51: 161 (1906), not validly publ.
Thlaspi nasturtium Bergeret ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 473 (1821), pro syn.
Thlaspi sativum (L.) Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 1: 21 (1762).
Thlaspidium sativum (L.) Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 6: 557 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Arabis chinensis Rottl. ex Wight	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Arabis chinensis Rottler	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Lepidium sativum	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Lepidium sativum L.	Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 1982) Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lepidium sativum Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)

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