• Family : BRASSICACEAE
  (Mustard Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SARSON FAMILY (सरसों फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : BRASSICACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Not found in The Plant List
• Common name : Rocket
• Vernacular name : Taramira, Seoha, Tarnura (Hindi); Safed-Sarsu (Marathi)
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Weed in cultivated lands
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Dharwad district
  • Odisha : Cuttack district, Khurda district
  • Tamil Nadu : Chennai district
• Native : Mediterranean
• World Distribution : India, Himalayas, North Africa, Southern Europe and West Asia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eruca sativa. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

Botanical Description

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