Cardaria draba subsp. chalepensis
(L.) Desv., (L.) O. Schulz
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Seeds
The leaves are used as a vegetable, and the seeds are used as flavouring and in chutneys.
Where to Find It
It can grow in arid places.
Afghanistan, Africa, Armenia, Asia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan, Syria,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cape Verde, Cyprus, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Croatia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Montenegro, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Malta, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Slovenia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A perennial herb in the Brassicaceae family that grows in arid places.
Names & Synonyms
Bashki
Lepidium draba L. subsp. chalepense (L.) O. SchulzPhysolepidium repens SchrenkLepidium chalepense L.Lepidium propinquum Fischer & C. MeyerLepidium repens (Schrenk) Boiss.
Hymenophysa fenestrata Boiss.Hymenophysa persica GilliCadaria chalepensis (L.) Hand.-Mazz.
References (2)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 15th April 2011]
- Tareen, N. M., et al, 2016, Ethnomedicinal Utilization of Wild Edible Vegetables in District Harnai of Balochistan Province - Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Botany 48(3): 1159-1171 (As Cardaria chalepensis)
