Higher classification Sisymbrium | Scientific name Sisymbrium irio Rank Species | |
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Similar Sisymbrium, Cabbage family, Descurainia sophia, Sisymbrium orientale, Hedge Mustard | ||
Octonary ingredients of sisymbrium irio formulations pankaj oudhia s medicinal plant database
Sisymbrium irio, known as London rocket, is a plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is an annual herb exceeding three feet in height with open, slender stem branches. The flowers are small with four pale yellow petals. The basal leaves are broad and often lobed, while the upper leaves are linear in shape and up to four inches long. The fruit is a long narrow cylindrical silique which stays green when ripe. The younger pods overtop the flowers. When dried the fruit has small red oblong seeds. The common name "London rocket" comes from its abundance after the Great Fire of London in 1666. However, Dr E J Salisbury, in his study of the bombsites of London after the Great Fire of 1940, "failed to find a single specimen, nor has any other reliable observer reported it", according to R. S. R. Fitter.
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- Octonary ingredients of sisymbrium irio formulations pankaj oudhia s medicinal plant database
- Brede raket sisymbrium irio 2016 06 05
- Uses
- References
This species is considered a weed in some areas.
Brede raket sisymbrium irio 2016 06 05
Uses
London rocket is used in the Middle East to treat coughs and chest congestion, to relieve rheumatism, to detoxify the liver and spleen, and to reduce swelling and clean wounds. The Bedouin use the leaf of London Rocket as a tobacco substitute.
