| Accepted name: |
Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl |
| Synonym(s): |
-Sisymbrium sophia L.
-Sophia sophia (L.) Britton
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| English names: |
Herb-sophia
Flixweed
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| French names: |
Sagesse-des-chirurgiens
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Capparales
Family: Brassicaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HDESSO
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
It has been used since a long time in certain countries for the folk medicine. For this purpose it is cultivated in gardens in some areas of Afghanistan and used for different illnesses (e.g. digestive troubles)(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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