Garden Cress / الرشاد / حُرْف /

رشاد (زراعي) / عُصاب زِراعي /

Lepidium sativum L.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Leaves
Preparation
  • Salads
Blooming period
February to May
Foraging period
February
Seed collection period
June to July
Potential medicinal uses
  • Alterative
  • Aphrodisiac
  • Emmenagogue
  • Tonic
  • Diuretic

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • White
Leaf type
  • Dissected
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Lepidium
Family
Brassicaceae
Wikidata item
Q27033
GBIF Item
Lepidium sativum L. (5376565)

References

  1. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  2. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  3. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  4. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
  5. Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S., Rana M. Jamous, Jehan H. Al-Shafie’, Wafa’ A. Elgharabah, Fatemah A. Kherfan, Kifayeh H. Qarariah, Isra’ S. Khdair, et al. “Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): A Comparative Study.”

Citation

Lepidium sativum L. in Barari platform (2025). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/545 accessed via barari.org on 5/19/2025.

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