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Berro
Nasturtium officinale
Berro · Watercress · Crescione d'aqua · Cresson d'eau · Echte Brunnenkresse · Tykskulpet brøndkarse · engelskkarse · Настурція лікарська · 물냉이 · Witte waterkers
At a glance
Origin / distribution: US, Haiti, Africa, Italy, Turkey, Dominican Republic, Hawaii, Venezuela
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abortifacient, Apertif, Aphrodisiac, Asthma
Science studied: ARGININE, ASH, ASPARTIC-ACID, BIOTIN
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Brassicaceae
Scientific name: Nasturtium officinale
Common names: Berro, Watercress, Crescione d'aqua, Cresson d'eau, Echte Brunnenkresse, Tykskulpet brøndkarse, engelskkarse, Настурція лікарська, 물냉이, Witte waterkers
History
The source record documents this plant in US, Haiti, Africa, Elsewhere, Italy, Turkey, Dominican Republic, Hawaii and 20 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abortifacient
- Apertif
- Aphrodisiac
- Asthma
- Bactericide
- Cancer
- Catarrh
- Cicatrizant
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- Cough
- Depurative
- Diuretic
- Eczema
- Expectorant
- Flu
- Gum
- Cold(Head)
- Liver
- Nose
- Pertussis
- Restorative
- Scabies
- Scurvy
- Sore
- Sterilizant
- Stimulant
- Tuberculosis
- Tumor(Glands)
- Vermifuge
- Wart
- Wen
- Medicine
- Respiratory
- Stomach
- Ache(Ear)
- Alopecia
- Bronchitis
- Cyanogenetic
- Goiter
- Heart
- Laxative
- Polyp
- Strangury
- Throat
- Kidney
- Tonic
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- US
- Haiti
- Africa
- Elsewhere
- Italy
- Turkey
- Dominican Republic
- Hawaii
- Venezuela
- Iraq
- France
- Mexico
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- UK
- US(Appalachia)
- Spain
- AL
- AM
- AO
- AR
- AT
- AU
- AZ
- BE
- BO
- BR
- BT
- CA
- CD
Documented cultural uses
- Abortifacient
- Apertif
- Aphrodisiac
- Asthma
- Bactericide
- Cancer
- Catarrh
- Cicatrizant
- Cough
- Depurative
- Diuretic
- Eczema
show 33 more documented entries
- Expectorant
- Flu
- Gum
- Cold(Head)
- Liver
- Nose
- Pertussis
- Restorative
- Scabies
- Scurvy
- Sore
- Sterilizant
- Stimulant
- Tuberculosis
- Tumor(Glands)
- Vermifuge
- Wart
- Wen
- Medicine
- Respiratory
- Stomach
- Ache(Ear)
- Alopecia
- Bronchitis
- Cyanogenetic
- Goiter
- Heart
- Laxative
- Polyp
- Strangury
- Throat
- Kidney
- Tonic
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ARGININE
- ASH
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- BIOTIN
- CARBOHYDRATES
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CYSTINE
- DIASTASE
- FIBER
- GLUCONASTURTIIN
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- HISTIDINE
- IRON
- KILOCALORIES
- LEUCINE
- LYSINE
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- MANGANESE
- METHIONINE
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHENYLETHYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE
- POTASSIUM
- PROLINE
- SERINE
- THREONINE
- TYROSINE
- ZINC
- PROTEIN
- VIT-B-6
- ALANINE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
- COPPER
- EO
- FOLACIN
- GLYCINE
- ISOLEUCINE
- MAGNESIUM
- NIACIN
- PHOSPHORUS
- TRYPTOPHAN
- WATER
- THIAMIN
- FAT
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SODIUM
- VALINE
- GLUCOSINOLATES
- PHYLLOQUINONE
- SALICYLATES
- 8-METHYLTHIOOCTANONE-NITRILE
- 2-PHENYLETHYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE
- 3-PHENYLPROPIONITRILE
- ERUCIC-ACID
- GLUCOSINOLATE
- RUTIN
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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