White Mustard Plant
Scientific name of Mustard: Sinapis alba/Brassica alba
Name of Mustard in different languages:
English: American Yellow Mustard
Sanskrit: Sarshapa
Hindi: Rayi राई, Sarson
Malayalam: Vella kaduku-വെള്ളകടുക്
Tamil: Kaduku-கடுகு
Plant description:
White mustard is an annual, grow up to 70 cm tall, an erect, leaves are pinnately arranged, pale green, leaves are comparatively bigger than mustard, flowers are yellow in color, thick, and born in branch end as clusters, and it is very attractive, seeds contain in a pod 1 to 1.5 inch in length, and it is green, it becomes pale yellow when it is ripe.
Leaf Arrangement
| Shape-Palmate | Margin-Lobate | Venation-parallel |
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Useful plant parts:
Seed oil
Medicinal uses:
To treat coughing and colds, bronchitis, chest congestion, rheumatism, osteoarthritis, swollen joints and back pain.
Chemical content:
Selenium, volatile oils
Mustard is the one of the ingredients in the Ayurveda medicines like-
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