Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Barbarea vulgaris

Common Name
Barbarakruid, Wintercress, Bottonaria, Yellow Rocket, Erba Barbara, Winter Kresse

Activities

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Activity Country/Region Reference
Apertif Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Depurative Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Scurvy German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.