Sarson

At a glance

Origin / distribution: China, Iraq, US, Japan, Kurdistan

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Antivinous, Arthritis, Breast, Chest-Cold

Science studied: COPPER, IRON, NICKEL, ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL

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: Brassica rapa

Common names: Sarson, Alpiste, Bargeman's Cabbage, Bird's Rape, Birdsrape Mustard, Bok choy, Braze, Caisim, Cavolo rapa, Chou champêtre, Chou champêtre, Navette des champs, Chou navet, Chou navet, Navet, Navet potager, Colbaga, Couve-chinesa, Feliki guissi angatanana malandi, Field Mustard, Field mustard

History

The source record documents this plant in China, Iraq, US, Japan, Kurdistan.

It records these historical or traditional applications:

• Antivinous
• Arthritis
• Breast
• Chest-Cold
• Digestive
• Dysentery
• Flu
• Hair-Tonic

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

• China
• Iraq
• US
• Japan
• Kurdistan

Documented cultural uses

• Antivinous
• Arthritis
• Breast
• Chest-Cold
• Digestive
• Dysentery
• Flu
• Hair-Tonic
• Honey
• Laxative
• Mastitis
• Oil

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

• Insight Into the Genetic Architecture of Local (Mal)Adaptation in Wild and Feral Brassica rapa Populations · 2026 source ↗
• Insight Into the Genetic Architecture of Local (Mal)Adaptation in Wild and Feral Brassica rapa Populations. · 2026 source ↗
• Natural Variation at the BrrPRMT10 Locus Modulates Flowering Time in Brassica rapa subsp. rapa. · 2026 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

• COPPER
• IRON
• NICKEL
• ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
• CHROMIUM
• MANGANESE
• COBALT
• GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL
• ZINC

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.

Reference images

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

Contributions and revisions

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