botanical record · discovered
Wheat
Triticum aestivum
Wheat · Almindelig hvede · Blat · Ble ordinaire · Blé · Blé d'été, Blé tendre, Froment, Blé ordinaire · Blé tendre · Bread Wheat · Bread wheat · Brotweizen · Brød-Hvede · Buğday · Canadian hard winter wheat · Common Wheat · Common wheat
At a glance
Origin / distribution: US, Canada, Turkey, China, Belgium, UK, Uk(Wales), Peru
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Cancer, Demulcent, Diarrhea, Discutient
Science studied: ADENINE, ADENOSINE, ALBUMIN, ALLANTOIN
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Poaceae
Scientific name: Triticum aestivum
Common names: Wheat, Almindelig hvede, Blat, Ble ordinaire, Blé, Blé d'été, Blé tendre, Froment, Blé ordinaire, Blé tendre, Bread Wheat, Bread wheat, Brotweizen, Brød-Hvede, Buğday, Canadian hard winter wheat, Common Wheat, Common wheat
POWO: 332110-2 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in US, Canada, Turkey, China, Belgium, UK, Uk(Wales), Peru and 3 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Cancer
- Demulcent
- Diarrhea
- Discutient
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Ecchymosis
- Emollient
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- Epistaxis
- Fertility
- Fever
- Gravel
- Hematuria
- Hemoptysis
- Hemorrhage
- Incontinence
- Insomnia
- Menorrhagia
- Night-Sweat
- Poultice
- Restorative
- Scald
- Sedative
- Skin
- Smallpox
- Sunstroke
- Swelling
- Tuberculosis
- Tumor
- Vulnerary
- Wart
- Whitlow
- Leprosy
- Antivinous
- Bilious
- Burn
- Flux
- Intoxicant
- Leucorrhea
- Neurasthenia
- Perspiration
- Wound
- Shampoo
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- US
- Canada
- Turkey
- China
- Belgium
- UK
- Uk(Wales)
- Peru
- Spain
- India
- Elsewhere
Documented cultural uses
- Cancer
- Demulcent
- Diarrhea
- Discutient
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Ecchymosis
- Emollient
- Epistaxis
- Fertility
- Fever
- Gravel
show 31 more documented entries
- Hematuria
- Hemoptysis
- Hemorrhage
- Incontinence
- Insomnia
- Menorrhagia
- Night-Sweat
- Poultice
- Restorative
- Scald
- Sedative
- Skin
- Smallpox
- Sunstroke
- Swelling
- Tuberculosis
- Tumor
- Vulnerary
- Wart
- Whitlow
- Leprosy
- Antivinous
- Bilious
- Burn
- Flux
- Intoxicant
- Leucorrhea
- Neurasthenia
- Perspiration
- Wound
- Shampoo
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Cancer · US · "
- Cancer · Canada · "
- Demulcent · Turkey · "
- Demulcent · China · "
- Diarrhea · China · "
- Discutient · China · "
- Diuretic · China · "
- Dysentery · China · "
- Ecchymosis · China · "
- Emollient · Turkey · "
- Epistaxis · China · "
- Fertility · China · "
- Fever · China · "
- Gravel · China · "
- Hematuria · China · "
- Hemoptysis · China · "
- Hemorrhage · China · "
- Incontinence · China · "
- Insomnia · China · "
- Menorrhagia · China · "
- Night-Sweat · China · "
- Poultice · China · "
- Restorative · Turkey · "
- Scald · China · "
23 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
- The effect of selection on allele frequencies and diversity in wheat (Triticum aestivum). · 2026 source ↗
- Effects of Temperature and Salinity on the Germination of <i>Triticum aestivum</i>. · 2026 source ↗
- Comparison of Cadmium Efflux in Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Cultivars with Contrasting Cadmium Accumulation. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ADENINE
- ADENOSINE
- ALBUMIN
- ALLANTOIN
- BETA-AMYLASE
- ALPHA-AMYRIN
- BETA-AMYRIN
- ARGININE
- ARSENIC
- ASH
- ASPARAGINE-SYNTHESASE
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- BETAINE
- BIOTIN
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CADMIUM
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- CAPRINIC-ACID
- CARBOHYDRATES
- ALPHA-CARBOXYLASE
- CAROTENE
- CATALASE
- CEPHALIN
- CHLORINE
- 2'-CHLORO-DIAZEPAM
- 2'-CHLORO-N-DEMETHYL-DIAZEPAM
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CHLOROPHYLL-B
- CHOLINE
- CITRININ
- COBALT
- COPPER
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- CYSTEINE
- CYSTINE
- CYTOCHROME-C
- DEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL
- DECHLORO-DIAZEPAM
- DHURRIN
- DIAMINO-PROPANE
- DIAZEPAM
- DIGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE
- GAMMA-DIHYDROSITOSTEROLFERULIC-ACID-ESTER
- 2-(2,4-DIHYDROXY-1,4(2H)-BENZOXAZIN-3(4H)-ON-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- SP
- ALPHA-DIHYDROXYCAROTENE
- ESTERASE
- ETHYL-BETA-D-FRUCTOFURANOSIDE
- FAT
- FERULIC-ACID
- FOLACIN
- FRUCTOSE
- GADUSEN
- 1-O-(6-O-ACYL-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSYL)-2,3-DI-O-ACYL-D-GLY...
- GENTISIC-ACID
- GLIADIN
- GLOBULIN
- GLUCODIFRUCTOSE
- GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE-DEHYDROGENASE
- GLUTAMATE-DEHYDROGENASE
- GLUTAMIC-ACID-DECARBOXYLASE
- GLUTAMIC-DEHYDROGENASE
- GLUTATHIONE-REDUCTASE
- GLUTENIN
- GLYCERIN
- GLYCEROPHOSPHATASE
- GLYCINE
- GUANINE
- GUANOSINE
- HEPTAN-1-OL
- HEPT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL
- HEXAN-1-AL
- HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL
- HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL
- HEXOSE-DIPHOSPHATASE
- HISTIDINE
- P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- 3-HYDROXY-2'-CHLORO-DIAZEPAM
- 2-(2-HYDROXY-4,7-DIMETHOXY-1-4(2H)-BENZOXAZIN-3-ONE-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- BETA-IONONE
- IRON
- ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID
- ISOCITRATE-DEHYDROGENASE
- ISOFERULIC-ACID
- ISOLEUCINE
- ISOSCHAFTOSIDE
- LAMINARASE
- LEAD
- LECITHIN
- LEUCINE
- LICHENASE
- LIGNOCERIC-ACID
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- LIPASE
- LUTEIN
- LYSINE
- LYSOLECITHIN
- MANGANESE
- MANNOSE
- METHIONINE
- 8-METHOXYCOUMARIN
- MONOGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- NEOKETOSE
- NIACIN
- NONANAL
- NONAN-1-OL
- NONA-TRANS-2,CIS-6-DIEN-1-AL
- NONA-TRANS-2,CIS-6-DIEN-1-OL
- NONA-CIS-3,CIS-6-DIEN-1-OL
- NUCLEOTIDASE
- OCHRATOXIN-A
- OCTAN-1-OL
- OLEIC-ACID
- ORTHOFERULIC-ACID
- OXALACETIC-CARBOXYLASE
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- PECTINS
- PENTADECA-TRANS-2,CIS-4-DIENAL
- PENTOSANS
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHOSPHODIESTERASE
- PHOSPHOMONOESTERASE
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYLLOQUINONE
- POTASSIUM
- PROLAMINE
- PROLINE
- PROTEIN
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- PUROTHIONIN-A
- PUTRESCINE
- PYRIDOXINE
- PYROGALLOL-OXIDASE
- QUERCETIN
- RAFFINOSE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- RIBONUCLEASE
- RIBULOSE-DIPHOSPHATE-CARBOXYLASE
- SCHAFTOSIDE
- SERINE
- SINAPIC-ACID
- SINAPOYL-ISOSCHAFTOSIDE
- SINAPOYL-VICENIN-1
- SODIUM
- STARCH
- STEARIC-ACID
- SUGAR
- SULFUR
- TETRADECA-2,12-DIEN-4,6,8,10-TETRAYN
- THREONINE
- TOCOPHEROL
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL
- TRICIN
- TRIDEC-1,11-DIEN-3,5,7,9-TETRAYN
- TRIGONELLINE
- 5,7,4'-TRIHYDROXY-3',5-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- TRIPHOSPHOPYRIDINE-NUCLEOTIDE-OXIDASE
- ALPHA-TRITICENE
- TRITIOL
- BETA-TRITISTEROL
- TRYPTOPHAN
- TYROSINE
- URIDINE
- VALINE
- VICENIN-1
- VIT-E
- XYLOSE
- ZINC
- 1,3-AMINO-PROPYL-PYRROLINIUM
- ALPHA-AMYLASE
- ARABINOSE
- CALCIUM
- 4-DECYL-PENTA-TRANS-2,4-DIENAL
- DIHYDROERGOSTEROL
- GLYCOLATE-OXIDASE
- LIPOXIDASE
- MAGNESIUM
- MERCURY
- PHENOLICS
- PHOSPHOGLUCONIC-DEHYDROGENASE
- STACHYOSE
- AMMONIALYASE
- APIGENIN
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- BENZALDEHYDE
- BORON
- CAMPESTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CHLOROPHYLL-A
- O-COUMARIC-ACID
- DECANAL
- N-DEMETHYL-DIAZEPAM
- 1,3-DIFERULOYL-GLYCEROL
- 2-(2,4-DIHYDROXY-7-METHOXY-1-4(2H)-BENZOXAZIN-3-(4H)ON)-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- FIBER
- FRUCTOSYLRAFFINOSE
- GIBBERELLINS
- GLUCOFRUCTANS
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GRAMINE
- HEMICELLULOSE-B
- HEXOKINASE
- HYDROXAMIC-ACID
- 2-(2-HYDROXY-7-METHOXY-1,4(2H)-BENZOXAZIN-3(4H)-ON-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- LAURIC-ACID
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- 6-METHOXY-2(3)1-4(2H)-BENZOXAZOLINONE
- NON-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL
- NON-CIS-3-EN-1-OL
- OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL
- OXALIC-ACID
- PEPTIDASE
- PHOSPHOENOL-PYRUVATE-CARBOXYLASE
- PHYTASE
- PHYTOSTERYL-6-O-ACYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- PROTEINASE
- PYRIDINE-NUCLEOTIDE-OXIDASE
- SALICYLIC-ACID
- SINAPOYL-8-D-GALACTOSYL-6-C-ARABINOSYL-APIGENIN
- SUCCINIC-DEHYDROGENASE
- SYRINGIC-ACID
- THIAMIN
- TRIDEC-1-EN-3,5,7,9,11-PENTAYN
- ALPHA-TRITISTEROL
- URACIL
- VANILLIC-ACID
- WATER
- 2(3)-BENZOXAZOLINONE
- HEPTANAL
- ERGOSTEROL
- GLUCOSE
- NICKEL
- PHYTIC-ACID
- SUCROSE
- KILOCALORIES
- PHYTIC-PHOSPHORUS
- ALANINE
- INOSITOL
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 ↗
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