EPPO Global Database

Sinapis alba(SINAL)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-05-25

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: SINAL
  • Preferred name: Sinapis alba
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Native to Europe and the Mediterranean region. Widely cultivated as a condiment (mustard).  Subspecies mairei and dissecta have been distinguished, but they co-exist with the nominate subspecies and are no more than variants. Introduced in Macaronesia, Siberia, Russian Far East, Central Asia, Western Asia, India, Indochina, South Africa, North America, South America.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Brassica alba (Linnaeus) Rabenhorst
Brassica foliosa (Willdenow) Sampaio
Brassica hirta Mönch
Sinapis alba subsp. alba Linnaeus
Sinapis alba subsp. mairei (Lindberg) Maire
Sinapis arvensis subsp. dissecta (Lagasca) Bonnier
Sinapis dissecta Lagasca

Common names
Name Language
white mustard English
Weißer Senf German
hurlu French
moutarde blanche French
jaramago Spanish
jenabe Spanish
mostaza blanca Spanish
ruchettone Italian
senape bianca Italian
witte mosterd Dutch
mostarda-branca Portuguese
vitsenap Swedish
kikugarashi Japanese
shirogarashi Japanese
キクガラシ Japanese
シロガラシ Japanese
горчица английская Russian
горчица белая Russian
gul sennep Danish
kvitsennep Norwegian
keltasinappi Finnish
mamanık Turkish
chardal lavan Hebrew
חַרְדָּל לָבָן Hebrew
gorczyca biała Polish
gorczyca jasna Polish
fehér mustár Hungarian
sinap Albanian
sinapi i bardhë Albanian
bahammou Arabic
ziapia Basque
бял синап Bulgarian
mostalla Catalan
mostassa Catalan
mostassa blanca Catalan
senabre Catalan
bái gài Chinese
白芥 Chinese
bijela gorušica Croatian
hořčice bilá Czech
hořčice setá Czech
valge sinep Estonian
ήμερο σινάπι Greek
σίναπις λευκή Greek
sarson Hindi
पुदीना Hindi
hvítur mustarður Icelandic
sceallagach Irish
baltā sinepe Latvian
baltoji garstyčia Lithuanian
garstyčios Lithuanian
mustarda Maltese
assieps Occitan
bidèch Occitan
moustàrde Occitan
moustarde blànque Occitan
moustardoun Occitan
sieps Occitan
muștar alb Romanian
бела горушица Serbian
horčica biela Slovak
bela gorčica Slovene
bela gorjušica Slovene
гірчиця біла Ukrainian
гірчиця розсічена Ukrainian
cedw gwyn Welsh