Plant Details

Accepted name:

Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. [Brassicaceae]

Taxonomic source and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal plant reference:
aba	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Plants of Sri Lanka (2016)
big-stem mustard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
brauner senf	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
brown mustard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cabbage-leaf mustard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
canola	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
canola oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
chinese mustard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chinese mustard (brassica juncea)	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
da ye jie	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fully hydrogenated rapeseed oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
gaii-choi	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gas	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
haradali	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
head mustard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
india mustard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998)
india mustard root (brassica juncea)	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
indian mustard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
indian mustard root (brassica juncea)	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jie cai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jie zi	Other	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al, 2011)
jiezi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
kaduku	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kai choy	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kai-tsoi	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
karashi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
karashi-na	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
karashina	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
large-leaf mustard	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
leaf mustard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lear oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
low erucic acid rapeseed oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
m	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mastadi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mostarda	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
mostarda-indiana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mostarda-vermelha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mostaza de la tierra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mostaza de sarepta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mostaza india	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
moutarde brune	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
moutarde de chine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
moutarde de sarepta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
moutarde jaune	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential oils: Nomenclature (2009)
moutarde jonciforme	Other	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
mustard	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Plants of Sri Lanka (2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
mustard cabbage (brassica juncea)	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mustard oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
mustard seed	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
mustard-greens	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
oilseed mustard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
oriental mustard	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ostrich-plume	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
rajika	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rapeseed oil, fully hydrogenated	Other	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
rapeseed oil, superglycerinated	Other	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
raya	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sareptasenf	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sasuve bili	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
schwarzer senfsame	Other	Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
semen sinapis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
sichuan preserved vegetable	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
sinapis nigrae semen	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
sinapis semen	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
southern cole	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
superglycerinated fully hydrogenated rapeseed oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
swatow mustard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
swollen-stem mustard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
vegetable mustard	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yellow mustard	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential oils: Nomenclature (2009)
zha cai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
zhu cai	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
芥子	Other	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al, 2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Form in which drug used:	Medicinal plant reference:
seed	ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
seeds		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Leaves, Seeds, Root		Ayurvedic Med. Plants of Sri Lanka (2016)
preserved root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
seed	ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed	oil	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
seed	dried seed	Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
seed		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
seed		Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007)
seed	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 70 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Brassica cernua (Thunb.) F.B.Forbes & Hemsl. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 23: 47 (1886).
Brassica integrifolia (H.West) Rupr. Fl. Ingrica: 96 (1860).
Brassica juncea var. rugosa (Roxb.) Tsen & S.H.Lee Hort. Sin. 2: 19 (1942).
Brassica juncea var. tumida Tsen & S.H.Lee Hort. Sin. 2: 23 (1942).
Brassica rugosa (Roxb.) Prain Bengal Pl.: 220 (1903).
Brassica argyi H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 4: 227 (1907).
Brassica arvensis var. juncea (L.) Kuntze Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 10: 164 (1887).
Brassica besseriana Andrz. ex Trautv. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 33(1): 134 (1860).
Brassica cernua var. chirimenna Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 3: 906 (1912).
Brassica chenopodiifolia Sennen & Pau Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 15: 95 (1916), pro syn.
Brassica chinensis f. japonica (Thunb.) M.Hiroe Pl. Basho's & Buson's Hokku Lit. 8(1): 143 (1971).
Brassica integrifolia var. timoriana (DC.) O.E.Schulz in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 105(70): 58 (1919).
Brassica japonica (Thunb.) Siebold ex Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 74 (1865).
Brassica juncea var. aspera (Prain) O.E.Schulz in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 105(70): 56 (1919).
Brassica juncea subproles aspera Prain Agric. Ledger 1: 47 (1898).
Brassica juncea var. chinensis (L.) N.Busch Fl. Sibir. Orient. Extremi 1: 166 (1913).
Brassica juncea var. crispifolia L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 1: 91 (1922).
Brassica juncea subproles elata Prain Agric. Ledger 1: 47 (1898).
Brassica juncea var. elata (Prain) O.E.Schulz in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 105(70): 56 (1919).
Brassica juncea subsp. eujuncea Thell. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 50(2): 152 (1908), not validly publ.
Brassica juncea var. foliosa L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 2: 263 (1930).
Brassica juncea var. gracilis Tsen & S.H.Lee Hortus Sinicus 2: 26 (1942).
Brassica juncea subsp. integrifolia (H.West) Thell. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 50(2): 157 (1908).
Brassica juncea var. integrifolia (H.West) Sinskaya Trudy Prikl. Bot. 19: 339 (1928).
Brassica juncea var. japonica (Thunb.) L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 1: 93 (1922).
Brassica juncea var. laevis (Prain) O.E.Schulz in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 105(70): 56 (1919).
Brassica juncea subproles laevis Prain Agric. Ledger 1: 47 (1898).
Brassica juncea var. longidens L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 2: 263 (1930).
Brassica juncea var. megarrhiza Tsen & S.H.Lee Hortus Sinicus 2: 21 (1942).
Brassica juncea var. multiceps Tsen & S.H.Lee Hortus Sinicus 2: 20 (1942).
Brassica juncea var. multisecta L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 1: 93 (1922).
Brassica juncea subsp. napiformis (Paillieux & Bois) Gladis Feddes Repert. 103: 474 (1992).
Brassica juncea var. napiformis (Pailleux & Bois) Kitam. Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 19: 76 (1950).
Brassica juncea var. oleifera Prain Agric. Ledger 1: 47 (1898).
Brassica juncea subsp. rugosa (Roxb.) Agric. Ledger 5: 47 (1898).
Brassica juncea subsp. tsatsai (Z.M.Mao) Gladis Feddes Repert. 103: 474 (1992).
Brassica juncea var. tsatsai Z.I.Mao Hortus Sinicus 2: 690 (1936).
Brassica juncea subsp. urbaniana (O.E.Schulz) Thell. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 50(2): 158 (1908).
Brassica lanceolata (DC.) Lange in G.C.Oeder & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Dan.: t. 2658 (1861).
Brassica napiformis (Pailleux & Bois) L.H.Bailey Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 67: 189 (1894).
Brassica napiformis var. multisecta A.I.Baranov Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 63: 286 (1960).
Brassica nigra var. japonica (Thunb.) O.E.Schulz in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 105(70): 79 (1919).
Brassica oleracea var. taquetii H.Lév. & Vaniot Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 259 (1910).
Brassica richeri Lange in G.C.Oeder & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Dan.: t. 2658 (1861).
Brassica taquetii (H.Lév. & Vaniot) H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 349 (1912).
Brassica urbaniana O.E.Schulz in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 3: 511 (1903).
Brassica willdenovii Boiss. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 17: 88 (1842).
Crucifera juncea E.H.L.Krause in J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 6: 133 (1902).
Raphanus junceus (L.) Crantz Cl. Crucif. Emend.: 110 (1769).
Rhamphospermum volgense Andrz. ex Rupr. Fl. Ingrica: 97 (1860).
Sinabraca juncea (L.) G.H.Loos Florist. Rundbr., Beih. 7: 131 (2004).
Sinapis brassicata L. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 2: 231 (1767).
Sinapis campestris Jacq. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 590 (1841).
Sinapis cernua Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 342 (1797).
Sinapis cernua Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg. ed. 14: 602 (1784).
Sinapis chinensis L. Mant. Pl.: 95 (1767).
Sinapis cuneifolia Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 121 (1832).
Sinapis integrifolia H.West Bidr. Beskr. Ste Croix: 296 (1793).
Sinapis japonica Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg. ed. 14: 602 (1784).
Sinapis juncea L. Sp. Pl.: 668 (1753).
Sinapis juncea var. napiformis Pailleux & Bois Potag. Cur., ed. 2: 372 (1892).
Sinapis lanceolata DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 611 (1821).
Sinapis nigra Forssk. ex DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 612 (1821).
Sinapis oleracea C.Presl in J.S.Presl & C.B.Presl, Delic. Prag.: 18 (1822).
Sinapis patens Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 124 (1832).
Sinapis ramosa Roxb. Asiat. Res. 11: 179 (1810).
Sinapis rugosa Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 122 (1832).
Sinapis sinensis J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 989 (1792).
Sinapis tenella Moench Methodus: 253 (1794).
Sinapis timoriana DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 616 (1821).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal reference:
Brassica cernua	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Brassica cernua (Thunb.) Forb. et Hemsl.	Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
Brassica cernua Forbes et Hemsley	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Brassica integrifolia (H.West.) Rupr.	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Brassica integrifolia (West) O.E.Schulz	Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
Brassica integrifolia Schultz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Brassica juncea	Ayurvedic Med. Plants of Sri Lanka (2016) Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. et Coss.	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al, 2011)
Brassica juncea (L.) Czemj et Cosson	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.	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) ISO 4720:2009 Essential oils: Nomenclature (2009) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. & Coss	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. & Coss.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. & Coss. in Czern.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. et Coss.	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. integrifolia (H. West) Thell. var. rugosa (Roxb.) M. Tsen & S. H. Lee	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. juncea	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. tsatsai (T. L. Mao) Gladis, nom. nud.? var. tumida M. Tsen & S. H. Lee	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. var. juncea	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Brassica juncea (L.) Czernov var. rugosa Bailey	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Brassica juncea (L.) Czernov var. tumida Tsen & Lee	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Brassica juncea (L.)Czern.	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
Brassica juncea (Linnaeus) Czernjajev	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
Brassica juncea Coss.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Brassica juncea Czernj. et Cosson	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Brassica juncia	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Brassica rugosa Prain	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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