Plant Details

Accepted name:: Armoracia rusticana G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. [Brassicaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
armoraciae radix	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
armoraciae rusticanae radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
barba forte	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cochlearia armoracia	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
cran	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cranson	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cren	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
crenno	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
grand raifort	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hajdúság horseradish	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
hajdúsági torma	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
horesradish	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
horse radish	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
horse-radish	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
horseradish	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
horseradish root	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
kren	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
la gen shu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
meerrettich	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
mérédic	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rabano bastardo	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
rabão rústico	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
raifort cran	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
raifort sauvage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
raiz-forte	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rábano picante	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rábano rusticano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rábano rústico	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
rábano-picanto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
saramago maior	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
seiyō-wasabi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
steirischer kren	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
styrian horseradish	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
uma-daikon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wasabi-daikon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
فجل الخيل‬‏	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
辣根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Root		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Root		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root		Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root	vegetal drug, fluid extract	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Armoracia lapathifolia Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 53 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Cochlearia armoracia L. Sp. Pl.: 648 (1753).
Cochlearia rusticana Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 471 (1779), nom. illeg.
Rorippa armoracia (L.) Hitchc. Key Spring Fl. Manhattan: 18 (1894).
Armoracia armoracia Cockerell ex Daniels Univ. Missouri Stud., Sci. Ser. 2(2): 130 (1911), not validly publ.
Armoracia austriaca Wimm. Fl. Schles.: 30 (1841), nom. illeg.
Armoracia rustica Schur Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 4: 8 (1858).
Armoracia sativa Bernh. Syst. Verz. Erf.: 191 (1800).
Cardamine armoracia (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 26 (1891).
Cochlearia armoracia var. vulgaris Alef. Landw. Fl.: 253 (1866).
Cochlearia lancifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 437 (1812).
Cochlearia lapathifolia Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 53 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Cochlearia variifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 267 (1796).
Crucifera armoracia E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 6: 54 (1902).
Nasturtium armoracia (L.) Fr. Fl. Scan.: 65 (1835).
Radicula armoracia B.L.Rob. Rhodora 10: 32 (1908).
Raphanis magna Moench Methodus: 267 (1794).
Raphanus rusticanus Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 488 (1764), opus utique rej.
Rorippa rusticana (G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.) Gren. & Godr. Fl. France Corse 1: 127 (1847), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amoracia rusticana Gaertn.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Armoracia lapathifolia	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Armoracia lapathifolia Gilib.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Armoracia rusticana	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Armoracia rusticana (Lam.) Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Armoracia rusticana (Lam.) Gaertn.,B. Mey. et scherb.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Armoracia rusticana G. Gaertn. et al.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Armoracia rusticana G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
Armoracia rusticana G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Schreb.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Armoracia rusticana Gaertn.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Armoracia rusticana Gaertn. Mey. & Scherb.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Armoracia rusticana P. G. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Armoracia rusticana P. Gaertin., B. Mey. & Scherb.	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Armoracia rusticana P. Gaertn. et al.	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
Armoracia rusticana P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Armoracia rusticana P.Gaertn. et al.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Armoracia rusticana P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Armoracia rusticana P.Gaertn., Mey. & Scherb.	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Armoracia rusticana P.g. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Armoracia rusticana PH. Gaertner, B.Meyer et Scherbius	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Armoraica rusticana	Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005)
Cochlearia armoracia L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Cochlearia armoracia Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Cochlearia rusticana Lam.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Roripa armoracia (L.) Hitch.	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

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