Brassica nigra

Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Brassica nigra
Scientific Name and Description
Brassica nigra (L.) KOCH
Herb Family

Plant Synonyms

Plant Synonyms
Brassica nigera (L.) KOCH

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English black mustard, black or brown mustard
Hindi aslrai, banarasirai, banarsi-rae, ghorrai, jagrai, kali rai, kalirai, kalorai, lahi, makra-rai, makrarai, rai, taramira, tira
Kannada bilesasive, kappu saasiva, karee saasive, kari saasive, karisasive, karisasivey, sasive
Malayalam kaduka
Marathi mohori, rai
Sanskrit ana, asuri, atitikshva, bhutaghnah, jwalanti, jwalatprabha, katuasuri, katusnehah, krimika, krishnasarshapa, krishnika, kshava, kshavaka, kshudhabhijanikshnagandha, kshujjanika, kshutabhijanaka, kshutaka, madhurika, raji, rajika, raktasarshapa, raktika, sarsapah, sarshap, sarshapa, sarshapah, siddharthah
Tamil kadagu, kadugu, karun katuku, katuku
Telugu avalu, naula avalu
Tibetan skye tshe
Urdu khardal (rai), rai
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
References

Literature

Literature
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
FLORA OF INDIA VOL 2 Author - Botanicaly Survey of India
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)