| Eruca sativa |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Rosids |
| Order: |
Brassicales |
| Family: |
Brassicaceae |
| Genus: |
Eruca |
| Species: |
E. sativa |
| Binomial name |
Eruca sativa
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| Synonyms |
- Brassica eruca L.
- Brassica erucoides Hornem.
- Brassica hispida Ten.
- Brassica lativalvis Boiss.
- Brassica sativa (Mill.) Y.Z.Zhao
- Brassica turgida Pers.
- Brassica uechtritziana Janka
- Crucifera eruca E.H.L.Krause
- Eruca cappadocica Reut. ex Boiss.
- Eruca cappadocica Reut.
- Eruca cappadocica var. eriocarpa Boiss.
- Eruca eruca (L.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Eruca foetida Moench
- Eruca glabrescens Jord.
- Eruca glabrescens var. valverdensis Pit.
- Eruca grandiflora Cav.
- Eruca hispida (Ten.) DC.
- Eruca lativalvis Boiss.
- Eruca longirostris var. leptocarpa Pau
- Eruca longistyla Pomel
- Eruca oleracea J.St.-Hil.
- Eruca orthosepala (Lange) Lange
- Eruca permixta Jord.
- Eruca ruchetta Spach
- Eruca sativa var. dasycarpa Rouy & Foucaud
- Eruca sativa var. eriocarpa (Boiss.) Post
- Eruca sativa proles glabrescens (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud
- Eruca sativa var. hispida Rouy & Foucaud
- Eruca sativa var. hispida (Ten.) J.Groves
- Eruca sativa subsp. lativalvis (Boiss.) Greuter & Burdet
- Eruca sativa proles permixta (Jord.) Rouy & Foucaud
- Eruca sativa var. polysperma Rouy
- Eruca stenocarpa var. major Rouy
- Eruca subbipinnata Chiov.
- Eruca sylvestris Bubani
- Eruca vesicaria var. cappadocica (Reut. ex Boiss.) P.Fourn.
- Eruca vesicaria subvar. hispida (Ten.) Thell.
- Eruca vesicaria subsp. lativalvis (Boiss.) Thell.
- Eruca vesicaria subvar. oleracea (J.St.-Hil.) Emb. & Maire
- Eruca vesicaria var. orthosepala Lange
- Eruca vesicaria var. sativa (Mill.) Thell.
- Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa (Mill.) Thell.
- Euzomum hispidum Link
- Euzomum sativum Link
- Raphanus eruca (L.) Crantz
- Sinapis eruca (L.) Vest
- Sinapis exotica DC.
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Rocket, eruca, or arugula (Eruca sativa) is an edible annual plant in the family Brassicaceae used as a leaf vegetable for its fresh, tart, bitter, and peppery flavor. Its other common names include salad rocket and garden rocket (in the UK, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, and New Zealand), as well as colewort, roquette, ruchetta, rucola, rucoli, and rugula. Native to the Mediterranean region, it is widely popular as a salad vegetable.
Some botanists consider it a subspecies of Eruca vesicaria. However, they are different in many morphological aspects such as sepal persistence, silique shape, and habit. Most importantly, they do not hybrid freely with each other as there is partial reproductive isolation between them. Plants of the World Online has accepted Eruca sativa as a distinct species.