Plant Details

Accepted name:

Avena sativa L. [Poaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

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Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aveia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
aveia-amarela	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
avena	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
avena común	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
avena roja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
avena rossa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
avena sativa	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
avenae fructus	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Avena sativa, fruc. (2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
avenae herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Avena sativa, herb. (2007)
avenae herba recens	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
avenae stramentum	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
avoine	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
avoine byzantine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
avoine cultivée	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
biada	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995)
colloidal oatmeal	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
common oat	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common oats	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cultivated oat	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
groats	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gwiri	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
hafer	Other	Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
haferfrüchte	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
haferkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
haferstroh	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
hartman	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
havre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
joo	Other	Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
jounda	Other	Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
jowari	Other	Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
khrtal	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
ma-karasu-mugi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mittelmeerhafer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
oat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
oat fruit	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Avena sativa, fruc. (2007)
oat herb	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Avena sativa, herb. (2007)
oatmeal	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
oats	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
oats, wild	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996)
red oat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
rödhavre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
saathafer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
seeme oats	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seeme thoke godhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shofan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
shufan	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
side oat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tree oat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
vilaaythi jaw	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild oats	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yan mai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ōto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ōto-mugi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
حرتمان	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
خرتل	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
شوفان	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Seed		Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)
fructus		EMA Com. Monog.: Avena sativa, fruc. (2007)
herba		EMA Com. Monog.: Avena sativa, herb. (2007)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
Seed		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
Seeds		Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
Herb, Seed husk, Seed, Grass, Bran	Oil, Bran oil, Fresh herb, Dry herb	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
leaves, seeds		Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
herb, fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	powder	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 126 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Avena dispermis Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 1 (1768), nom. superfl.
Avena agraria var. mutica Brot. Fl. Lusit. 1: 106 (1804).
Avena algeriensis Trab. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 2: 151 (1910).
Avena anglica Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 669 (1817), pro syn.
Avena byzantina var. thellungiana (Malzev) Tab.Morais Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 13: 611 (1939).
Avena cinerea Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 699 (1817), pro syn.
Avena distans Schur Oesterr. Bot. Z. 20: 22 (1870).
Avena fatua f. brachytricha Thell. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 55 (1913).
Avena fatua var. contracta (Neilr.) Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 56: 326 (1911).
Avena fatua var. glaberrima (Thell.) Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 38: 340 (1930).
Avena fatua f. glaberrima Thell. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 54 (1913).
Avena fatua subsp. macrantha (Hack.) Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 20: 141 (1929).
Avena fatua f. macrathera Thell. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 54 (1913).
Avena fatua var. macrotricha Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 38: 354 (1930).
Avena fatua var. microtricha Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 38: 355 (1930).
Avena fatua subsp. nodipilosa Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 20: 140 (1929).
Avena fatua var. pilifera Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 38: 311 (1930).
Avena fatua var. pilosa (Koeler) Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 38: 336 (1930), nom. illeg.
Avena fatua subsp. praegravis (E.Krause) Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 38: 352 (1930).
Avena fatua subsp. sativa (L.) Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 56: 325 (1911).
Avena fatua var. sativa (L.) Hausskn. Mitt. Geogr. Ges. (Thüringen) Jena 3: 238 (1884 publ. 1885).
Avena fatua f. setulosa Thell. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 55 (1913).
Avena fatua var. subuniflora Trab. Bull. Agric. Algérie Tunisie 15: 360 (1910).
Avena fatua var. transiens Hausskn. Mitt. Geogr. Ges. (Thüringen) Jena 3: 238 (1885).
Avena flava Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 669 (1817), pro syn.
Avena fusca Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 756 (1866), nom. illeg.
Avena fusciflora Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 756 (1866), pro syn.
Avena geogica Zuccagni Cent. Observ. Pl. 1: 31 (1806).
Avena georgiana Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 669 (1817), pro syn.
Avena glabrata Hausm. in C.O.Harz, Landw. Samenk.: 1317 (1885).
Avena grandis Nevski Trudy Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ., Ser. 8b, Bot. 17: 6 (1934).
Avena heteromalla Haller Novi Comment. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 6: t. 6 (1775).
Avena hungarica Lucá Topogr. Nachr. Oesel: 20 (1823), nom. nud.
Avena macrantha (Hack.) Nevski Trudy Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ., Ser. 8b, Bot. 17: 6 (1934).
Avena mutata Samp. Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 7: 118 (1931).
Avena mutica Krock. Fl. Siles., Suppl. 1: 187 (1823).
Avena nodipilosa (Malzev) Malzev Sornye Rast. Tadzikistana 1: 205 (1934).
Avena orientalis Schreb. Spic. Fl. Lips.: 52 (1771).
Avena orientalis var. arundinacea Peterm. Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss.: 538 (1846).
Avena orientalis var. flavescens Peterm. Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss.: 538 (1846).
Avena orientalis var. fuscoatra Peterm. Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss.: 539 (1846).
Avena orientalis var. mutica Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 130 (1821 publ. 1822).
Avena orientalis subsp. mutica Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 71 (1834).
Avena orientalis var. nuda Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa: 224 (1825).
Avena pendula Gilib. Excerc. Phyt. 2: 539 (1792), opus utique oppr.
Avena persarum Nevski Trudy Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ., Ser. 8b, Bot. 17: 6 (1934), nom. nud.
Avena podolica Pascal ex Zuccagni in J.J.Roemer, Collecteana: 126 (1806), pro syn.
Avena polonica Schwägr. ex Schmalh. Fl. Sredn. Jushn. Rossii 2: 619 (1897).
Avena ponderosa L. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Linn. Herb.: 42 (1912), nom. nud.
Avena praecocioides Litv. Trudy Byuro Prikl. Bot. 8: 564 (1915).
Avena praecoqua Litv. Trudy Byuro Prikl. Bot. 8: 564 (1915).
Avena praegravis (E.Krause) Roshev. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 2: 268 (1934).
Avena pseudosativa (Thell.) Herter Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 141 (1940).
Avena racemosa Thuill. Fl. Env. Paris, ed. 2: 59 (1799).
Avena sativa var. abbreviata Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 154 (1827).
Avena sativa var. alba DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 34 (1805).
Avena sativa var. alba Koeler Descr. Gram. Gall. Germ.: 290 (1802).
Avena sativa var. arduennensis Schur Oesterr. Bot. Z. 10: 70 (1860).
Avena sativa subsp. aristata Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 71 (1834).
Avena sativa var. aristata Schur Oesterr. Bot. Z. 10: 70 (1860).
Avena sativa f. arundinacea (Peterm.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 121 (1971 publ. 1972).
Avena sativa var. aurea Peterm. Fl. Lips. Excurs.: 539 (1846).
Avena sativa var. brachytricha (Thell.) Tzvelev Zlaki SSSR: 241 (1976).
Avena sativa subsp. contracta (Neilr.) Celak. Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 1: 41 (1867).
Avena sativa var. contracta Neilr. Fl. Nied.-Oesterr.: 58 (1857).
Avena sativa var. degener Noulet Fl. Bass. Sous-Pyrén.: 703 (1837).
Avena sativa subsp. diffusa Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 234 (1899).
Avena sativa var. erythrosperma N.H.F.Desp. Fl. Sarthe: 313 (1838).
Avena sativa var. flavescens (Peterm.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 121 (1971 publ. 1972).
Avena sativa var. fusca Alef. Landw. Fl.: 321 (1866).
Avena sativa var. fusciflora Schur Oesterr. Bot. Z. 10: 71 (1860).
Avena sativa var. fuscoatra (Peterm.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 121 (1971 publ. 1972).
Avena sativa var. fuscoatra Peterm. Fl. Lips. Excurs.: 539 (1846).
Avena sativa var. glaberrima (Thell.) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 2: 282 (1953).
Avena sativa proles grandiuscula Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 38: 356 (1930).
Avena sativa var. hyemalis Vilm. Bon Jard. 1837: 362 (1837).
Avena sativa subsp. macrantha (Hack.) Rocha Afonso Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76: 359 (1978).
Avena sativa var. macrantha Hack. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 6: 244 (1885).
Avena sativa var. macrathera (Thell.) Parodi Encicl. Argent. Agric. Jard. 1: 125 (1959).
Avena sativa var. macrotricha (Malzev) Tzvelev Zlaki SSSR: 241 (1976).
Avena sativa var. microtricha (Malzev) Tzvelev Zlaki SSSR: 241 (1976).
Avena sativa var. montana Alef. Landw. Fl.: 320 (1866).
Avena sativa var. mutica Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 130 (1821 publ. 1822).
Avena sativa var. nigra Koeler Descr. Gram. Gall. Germ.: 290 (1802).
Avena sativa var. nigra Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 130 (1821 publ. 1822).
Avena sativa var. nigra Gorter Fl. Belgica: 27 (1767).
Avena sativa var. nigra Alef. Landw. Fl.: 321 (1866), nom. illeg.
Avena sativa convar. nodipilosa (Malzev) Tzvelev Fl. Severo-Vostoka Evropeiskoi Chasti SSSR 1: 132 (1974).
Avena sativa subsp. nodipilosa (Malzev) Vasc. Revista Agron. (Lisbon) 19: 19 (1931).
Avena sativa var. obtusata Alef. Landw. Fl.: 321 (1866).
Avena sativa subsp. orientalis (Schreb.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 235 (1899).
Avena sativa convar. orientalis (Schreb.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 321 (1866).
Avena sativa subsp. orientalis (Schreb.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 62 (1890).
Avena sativa subsp. orientalis (Schreb.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 359 (1894).
Avena sativa convar. patula Alef. Landw. Fl.: 320 (1866), not validly publ.
Avena sativa var. pilifera (Malzev) Tzvelev Zlaki SSSR: 241 (1976).
Avena sativa subvar. pilosa Koeler Descr. Gramin.: 290 (1802).
Avena sativa var. pilosa (Koeler) Tab.Morais Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 13: 598 (1939).
Avena sativa var. praecox Metzg. ex Alef. Landw. Fl.: 320 (1866).
Avena sativa var. praegravis E.Krause Abbild. Getreideart. 7: 7 (1837).
Avena sativa subsp. praegravis (E.Krause) Tab.Morais Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 13: 604 (1939).
Avena sativa var. pugnax Alef. Landw. Fl.: 321 (1866).
Avena sativa var. rubella Tinant Fl. Luxemb.: 66 (1836).
Avena sativa var. rufa Schur Oesterr. Bot. Z. 10: 70 (1860).
Avena sativa var. secunda Alph.Wood Class-book Bot., ed. 2a: 610 (1847).
Avena sativa var. semiaristata Schur Oesterr. Bot. Z. 10: 70 (1860).
Avena sativa var. setulosa (Thell.) Parodi Encicl. Argent. Agric. Jard. 1: 125 (1959).
Avena sativa var. subuniflora (Trab.) Tzvelev Zlaki SSSR: 241 (1976).
Avena sativa var. trisperma (Schübler) Peterm. Fl. Lips. Excurs.: 539 (1846).
Avena sativa var. tristis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 322 (1866).
Avena sativa var. uniflora Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 158 (1812).
Avena sativa var. vulgaris Alef. Landw. Fl.: 320 (1866).
Avena sexflora Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 49 (1923).
Avena shatilowiana Litv. Trudy Byuro Prikl. Bot. 8: 564 (1915).
Avena sterilis var. algeriensis (Trab.) Trab. J. Heredity 5: 77 (1914).
Avena sterilis subsp. nodipubescens Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot., Suppl.: 783 (1930).
Avena sterilis f. pseudosativa Thell. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 53 (1913).
Avena sterilis subsp. pseudosativa (Thell.) Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 20: 783 (1929).
Avena sterilis var. thellungiana Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 38: 378 (1930).
Avena tatarica Ard. Saggi Sci. Lett. Accad. Padova 2: 101 (1789).
Avena thellungii Nevski Trudy Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ., Ser. 8b, Bot. 17: 6 (1934).
Avena trabutiana Thell. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 53 (1913).
Avena transiens (Hausskn.) Tzvelev Zlaki Rossii: 152 (2019).
Avena trisperma Schübler Diss. Inaug. Obs. Bot.: 8 (1825).
Avena unilateralis Brouss. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 669 (1817), pro syn.
Avena verna Heuze Pl. Aliment. 1: 504 (1873).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Avena disperma	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Avena sativa	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Avena sativa L.	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015) Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) EMA Com. Monog.: Avena sativa, fruc. (2007) EMA Com. Monog.: Avena sativa, herb. (2007) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Avena sativa Linné	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)

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