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GRIP



Taxon:  Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.



Summary
Genus:
Brassica
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
7654
Place of publication:
Consp. pl. charc. 8. 1859 Mar (E. Cosson, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 6:609. 1860 Jan)
Verified:
06/02/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. integrifolia (H. West) Thell. (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. integrifolia (H. West) Thell. var. crispifolia L. H. Bailey (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. integrifolia (H. West) Thell. var. integrifolia (H. West) Sinskaya (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. integrifolia (H. West) Thell. var. japonica (Thunb.) L. H. Bailey (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. integrifolia (H. West) Thell. var. longidens L. H. Bailey (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. integrifolia (H. West) Thell. var. rugosa (Roxb.) M. Tsen & S. H. Lee (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. integrifolia (H. West) Thell. var. strumata M. Tsen & S. H. Lee (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. integrifolia (H. West) Thell. var. subintegrifolia Sinskaya (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. juncea (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. napiformis (Pailleux & Bois) Gladis (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. tsatsai (T. L. Mao) Gladis, nom. nud.? var. multiceps M. Tsen & S. H. Lee (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. subsp. tsatsai (T. L. Mao) Gladis, nom. nud.? var. tumida M. Tsen & S. H. Lee (0 active accession[s])
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. var. juncea (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica chenopodiifolia Sennen & Pau
Brassica timoriana (DC.) F. Muell.
Sinapis timoriana DC.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Brassica besseriana Andrz.
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Common names
English
brown mustard –
Chinese mustard –
India mustard –
Indian mustard –
leaf mustard –
Oriental mustard –
vegetable mustard –
English (Canada)
Indian mustard –
French
moutarde brune –
moutarde de Chine –
moutarde de Sarepta –
moutarde frisée –
moutarde indienne –
French (Canada)
moutarde d’Inde –
German
brauner Senf –
Ruten-Kohl –
Sarepta-Senf –
Indonesian
sawi –
sesawi –
Italian
senape indiana –
Japanese Rōmaji
karashi-na –
Malay
kai choy –
sawi pahit –
Portuguese
mostarda-indiana –
mostarda-vermelha –
Spanish
mostaza india –
Swahili
haradali –
mastadi –
Swedish
sareptasenap –
Transcribed Chinese
jie cai –
Transcribed Korean
gas –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2CultivatedAfrica Africa  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia n.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
2CultivatedEurope Europe s.e. & n.
2CultivatedNorthern America North America  
2CultivatedSouthern America South America  
3AdventiveAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanarias 
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Eastern SiberiaEastern Siberias.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberias.
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia n.
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeEstonia  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeLatvia  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeLithuania  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway s.
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden s.
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain n.e.
4NaturalizedNorthern America Canada  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Mexico  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificFrench Polynesia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificNew Caledonia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificNiue  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBahamas  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBarbados  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominica  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGrenada  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHispaniola  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanNetherlands Antilles  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Kitts and Nevis  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and Grenadines  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Rico 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesVirgin Islands, U.S. 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanVirgin Islands (British)Virgin Gorda 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaBelize  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguayAlto Paraguay 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
5UncertainAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
5UncertainAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
5UncertainAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
5UncertainAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
5UncertainAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
5UncertainAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia  
Cultivated
Africa
  • REGION: Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.), Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Europe
  • REGION: Europe (s.e. & n.)
Northern America
  • REGION: North America
Southern America
  • REGION: South America
Adventive
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Tunisia
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias]
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, South Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
  • CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia (s.)], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia (s.)]
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India (n.), Sri Lanka
  • MALESIA: Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Norway (s.), Sweden (s.)
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bulgaria, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (n.e.)
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, Mexico, United States
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad], United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British) [Virgin Gorda]
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay [Alto Paraguay]
Uncertain
Asia-Temperate
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalpotential for pollution controlas heavy metal hyperaccumulatorAnamika S., S. E. & M. H. Fulekar. 2009. Phytoremediation of cadmium, lead and zinc by Brassica juncea L. Czern and Coss. J. Appl. Biosci. 13:726-736.
Human foodoil/fat PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Human foodseeds PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Human foodvegetable PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Medicinesfolklore National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical & Biological Products. 1987. Colour atlas of Chinese traditional drugs, Vol 1 Note: Science Press, Beijing
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Weedpotential seed contaminant CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=7654. Accessed 26 April 2025.