botanical record · discovered
Spinach
Spinacia oleracea
Spinach · Aedspinat · Dārza spināti · Echter Spinat · Epinard · Espinac · Gemuese-Spinat · Nyddoes · Päinetsch · Rau chân vịt · Spenót · Spinach [plant]
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Iraq, China, US
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Astringent, Demulcent, Depurative, Diuretic
Science studied: N-ACETYLHISTAMINE, ALUMINUM, ARGININE, ASCORBATE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Scientific name: Spinacia oleracea
Common names: Spinach, Aedspinat, Dārza spināti, Echter Spinat, Epinard, Espinac, Gemuese-Spinat, Nyddoes, Päinetsch, Rau chân vịt, Spenót, Spinach [plant]
POWO: 167384-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Turkey, Elsewhere, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Iraq, China, US.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Astringent
- Demulcent
- Depurative
- Diuretic
- Fever
- Inflammation
- Laxative
- Refrigerant
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- Bowel
- Anemia
- Fatigue
- Thirst
- Tumor
- Bactericide
- Carminative
- Tuberculosis
- Antivinous
- Rachitis
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Turkey
- Elsewhere
- Haiti
- Dominican Republic
- Iraq
- China
- US
Documented cultural uses
- Astringent
- Demulcent
- Depurative
- Diuretic
- Fever
- Inflammation
- Laxative
- Refrigerant
- Bowel
- Anemia
- Fatigue
- Thirst
show 6 more documented entries
- Tumor
- Bactericide
- Carminative
- Tuberculosis
- Antivinous
- Rachitis
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Astringent · Turkey · "
- Demulcent · Elsewhere · "
- Depurative · Haiti · "
- Depurative · Dominican Republic · "
- Diuretic · Elsewhere · "
- Fever · Elsewhere · "
- Inflammation · Iraq · "
- Laxative · Turkey · "
- Refrigerant · China · "
- Bowel · Iraq · "
- Anemia · Haiti · "
- Diuretic · Turkey · "
- Fatigue · Haiti · "
- Refrigerant · Turkey · "
- Thirst · China · "
- Tumor · US · "
- Bactericide · Elsewhere · "
- Bowel · Elsewhere · "
- Carminative · China · "
- Demulcent · Turkey · "
- Inflammation · Elsewhere · "
- Tuberculosis · Haiti · "
- Antivinous · China · "
- Rachitis · Haiti · "
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
- Cloning and functional analysis of downy mildew resistance gene RPF1 in spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.). · 2026 source ↗
- Alleviating arsenic toxicity in Spinacia oleracea by modulating accumulation and speciation using fungal intergeneric fusant strains. · 2026 source ↗
- Pulsed electric field assisted oxalate reduction in spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) leaves. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- N-ACETYLHISTAMINE
- ALUMINUM
- ARGININE
- ASCORBATE
- ASH
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- BORON
- CADMIUM
- CALCIUM
- CEPHALIN
- CHLORINE
- CHOLESTEROL
- COBALT
- COLAMINE
- COPPER
- CYSTINE
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- DIGALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL
- N,N-DIMETHYLHISTAMINE
- FAT
- FIBER
- FLUORINE
- FOLACIN
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GLUTATHIONE
- GLYCINE
- HEXOSAMINE
- 6-(HYDROXYMETHYL)-LUMAZINE
- 3-HYDROXYTYRAMINE
- IRON
- KAEMPFEROL
- LECITHIN
- LEUCINE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LYSINE
- MAGNESIUM
- MANGANESE
- MERCURY
- METHIONINE
- MONOGALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- NITROGEN
- OLEIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-GLYCEROL
- PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL
- PHOSPHATIDYL-SERINE
- PHOSPHORUS
- POLYPHENOL-OXIDASE
- POTASSIUM
- QUERCETIN
- RUBIDIUM
- RUTIN
- SILICON
- SODIUM
- STEARIC-ACID
- 7-STIGMASTEROL
- SULFOLIPIDS
- SULFUR
- THIAMIN
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- TRIMETHYLHISTAMINE
- TRYPTOPHAN
- VIT-B-6
- WATER
- ACETYL-CHOLINE
- ARSENIC
- ISOLEUCINE
- SPINASAPONINS
- ALANINE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- BROMINE
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CHROMIUM
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- FERULIC-ACID
- HEXADECA-7,10,13-TRIENOIC-ACID
- IODINE
- KILOCALORIES
- ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID
- MOLYBDENUM
- NICKEL
- OXALIC-ACID
- PATULETIN
- PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- SERINE
- STRONTIUM
- THREONINE
- TYROSINE
- ZINC
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SELENIUM
- VALINE
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- HISTIDINE
- CARBOHYDRATES
- LEAD
- NIACIN
- PROLINE
- PROTEIN
- PHYLLOQUINONE
- ALPHA-LIPOIC-ACID
- ALPHA-SPINASTEROL
- CALMODULIN
- CAMPESTEROL
- COUMESTROL
- FOLIC-ACID
- HISTAMINE
- L-HOMOCYSTEINE
- SALICYLATES
- SAPONINS
- ALPHA-CAROTENE
- AMARANTHIN
- ASTRAGALIN
- BENZYL-AMINE
- BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN
- BETA-ECDYSONE
- BETANIN
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CALSEQUESTRIN
- CARBONIC-ANHYDRASE
- CELOSIANIN
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CHLOROPHYLL
- CHLOROPHYLL-A
- CITRIC-ACID
- CYSTATHIONINE
- DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID
- DIETHYL-AMINE
- ECDYSONE
- ETHYL-AMINE
- HEXADECATRIENOIC-ACID
- HYPEROSIDE
- INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID
- ISOBETANIN
- ISOCELOSIANIN
- ISOPENTYL-AMINE
- JACEIDIN-4'-GLUCURONIDE
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- LUTEIN
- MALIC-ACID
- MALTOSE
- METHYL-AMINE
- N-METHYL-ANILINE
- N-PENTYL-AMINE
- 2-CARBOXYARABINITOL
- 3,3',4',5,7-PENTAHYDROXY-6-METHOXYFLAVONE
- 4',5-DIHYDROXY-3,3'-DIMETHOXY-6,7-METHYLENEDIOXYFLAVONE
- 24(28)-DEHYDROMAKISTERONE
- AMMONIA
- N-METHYL-PHENETHYLAMINE
- NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- OLERAGENOSIDE
- PATULETIN-3-O-BETA-D-(2''-FERULOYL-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-(1,6)-(BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL-(1,2))-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- PATULETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1,6)-(BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL-(1,2))-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- PHENETHYLAMINE
- PHEOPHYTIN-A
- PHYTIC-ACID
- PHYTYLPLASTOQUINOL
- POLYPODINE-B
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- PYRROLIDINE
- QUERCITRIN
- SPINACETIN
- SPINACETIN-3-O-BETA-D-(2''-FERULOYL-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-(1,6)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- SPINACETIN-3-O-BETA-D-(2''-FERULOYL-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-(1,6)-(BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL(1,2))-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- SPINACETIN-3-O-BETA-D-(2''-P-COUMAROYL-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-(1,6)-(BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL(1,2))-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- SPINACETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL(1,6)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- SPINACETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL(1,6)-(BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL(1,2))-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- SPINACOSIDE-A
- SPINACOSIDE-B
- SPINACOSIDE-C
- SPINACOSIDE-D
- SPINASTEROL
- SPINATOSIDE
- STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- VIT-K-1
- XYLITOL
- ZEAXANTHIN
- 6-PHYTYLTOLUQUINOL
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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