botanical record · discovered
Garden Cress
Lepidium sativum
Garden Cress · Agrião de jardim · Askebladet løn · Asklönn · Berghemlock · Berwr Ffrengig · Berwr Gardd · Berwr yr Ardd · Bjerg-hemlok · Canadisk hemlock · Crescione dei giardini · Crescione inglese · Creson · Cress · Cresson alenois · Cresson alénois · Cultivated Cress
At a glance
Origin / distribution: India(Santal), Ethiopia, Turkey, Spain, US, Sudan, China, "
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Ache(Stomach), Anodyne, Antiscorbutic, Apertif
Science studied: L-ARABINOSE, ARACHIDIC-ACID, ASCORBIC-ACID, ASH
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: Lepidium sativum
Common names: Garden Cress, Agrião de jardim, Askebladet løn, Asklönn, Berghemlock, Berwr Ffrengig, Berwr Gardd, Berwr yr Ardd, Bjerg-hemlok, Canadisk hemlock, Crescione dei giardini, Crescione inglese, Creson, Cress, Cresson alenois, Cresson alénois, Cultivated Cress
POWO: 138141-2 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in India(Santal), Ethiopia, Turkey, Spain, Elsewhere, US, Sudan, China and 6 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Ache(Stomach)
- Anodyne
- Antiscorbutic
- Apertif
- Aphrodisiac
- Asthma
- Bronchitis
- Cough
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- Cyanogenetic
- Depurative
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Emmenagogue
- Heart
- Hepatitis
- Lactagogue
- Liver
- Phthisis
- Piles
- Pneumonia
- Polyp(Nose)
- Renitis
- Rubefacient
- Scurvy
- Sprain
- Tenesmus
- Tonic
- Tumor(Breast)
- Wen
- Alterative
- Laxative
- Pleuritis
- Colic
- Dysuria
- Gravel
- Myalgia
- Syphilis
- Thirst
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- India(Santal)
- Ethiopia
- Turkey
- Spain
- Elsewhere
- US
- Sudan
- China
- "
- Ghana
- UK
- Kurdistan
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- Belgium
- Iraq
Documented cultural uses
- Ache(Stomach)
- Anodyne
- Antiscorbutic
- Apertif
- Aphrodisiac
- Asthma
- Bronchitis
- Cough
- Cyanogenetic
- Depurative
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
show 27 more documented entries
- Dysentery
- Emmenagogue
- Heart
- Hepatitis
- Lactagogue
- Liver
- Phthisis
- Piles
- Pneumonia
- Polyp(Nose)
- Renitis
- Rubefacient
- Scurvy
- Sprain
- Tenesmus
- Tonic
- Tumor(Breast)
- Wen
- Alterative
- Laxative
- Pleuritis
- Colic
- Dysuria
- Gravel
- Myalgia
- Syphilis
- Thirst
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Ache(Stomach) · India(Santal) · "
- Anodyne · India(Santal) · "
- Antiscorbutic · Ethiopia · "
- Apertif · Turkey · "
- Apertif · Spain · "
- Aphrodisiac · Elsewhere · "
- Asthma · Elsewhere · "
- Asthma · India(Santal) · "
- Bronchitis · India(Santal) · "
- Cough · Elsewhere · "
- Cyanogenetic · US · "
- Depurative · Turkey · "
- Diarrhea · Elsewhere · "
- Diarrhea · Sudan · "
- Diuretic · Elsewhere · "
- Dysentery · Elsewhere · "
- Dysentery · India(Santal) · "
- Emmenagogue · Elsewhere · "
- Heart · China · "
- Hepatitis · Elsewhere · "
- Lactagogue · Elsewhere · "
- Liver · Elsewhere · "
- Phthisis · India(Santal) · "
- Piles · Elsewhere · "
25 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Antioxidant Response of <i>Lepidium sativum</i> L. to Metallic Trace Element Stress Under Controlled Mycorrhization Conditions. · 2026 source ↗
- Effective immunostimulant for rainbow trout after short term usage: Lepidium sativum and its by-product · 2026 source ↗
- Phytochemical insights and pharmacological advances of Lepidium sativum L. (garden cress): bridging traditional medicine and evidence-based therapeutics. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- L-ARABINOSE
- ARACHIDIC-ACID
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- BEHENIC-ACID
- BENZYL-CYANIDE
- BENZYL-THIOCYANATE
- CALCIUM
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CELLULOSE
- COBALT
- DIALLYL-SULFIDE
- ERUCIC-ACID
- FAT
- D-GALACTURONIC-ACID
- IRON
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- KILOCALORIES
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- MUCILAGE
- MUFA
- NIACIN
- NICKEL
- OLEIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PHOSPHORUS
- POTASSIUM
- PROTEIN
- L-RHAMNOSE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SFA
- SINAPIN
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- STEARIC-ACID
- SULFUR
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- URIC-ACID
- WATER
- D-XYLOSE
- GLUCOTROPAEOLIN
- ALKALOID
- BENZYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE
- EO
- FIBER
- 4-HYDROXY-3,5-DIMETHOXYCINNAMIC-ACID
- MYROSIN
- PUFA
- SINAPIC-ACID
- SODIUM
- THIAMIN
- VIT-B-6
- LIGNOCERIC-ACID
- D-GLUCURONIC-GALACTOSIDE
- IODINE
- GADOLEIC-ACID
- CARBOHYDRATES
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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