Tropaeolum
Sign in to saveTropaeolum , commonly known as nasturtium (; literally "nose-twister" or "nose-tweaker"), is a genus of roughly 80 species of annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plants. It was named by Carl Linnaeus in his book Species Plantarum and is the only genus in the family Tropaeolaceae. The nasturtiums received their common name because they produce an oil similar to that of watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBrassicales
- FamilyTropaeolaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador
Common Name: nasturtium
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Research
240 papers- Mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum Ruiz & Pavón): Nutritional Composition, Bioactive Compounds, and Functional Potential as an Andean Natural Ingredient.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
- Garden nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus L.) - a source of mineral elements and bioactive compounds.Roczniki Panstwowego Zakladu Higieny · 2018
- Antimicrobial compounds isolated from Tropaeolum tuberosum.Natural product research · 2021
- Local/traditional uses, secondary metabolites and biological activities of Mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum Ruíz & Pavón).Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2020
- Tropaeolum majus L. and low dose gamma radiation suppress liver carcinoma development via EGFR-HER2 signaling pathway.Natural product research · 2023
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Cultivation
- Uses
- Culinary
- Herbal medicine
- Other uses
- In culture
- References
Tropaeolum , commonly known as nasturtium (; literally "nose-twister" or "nose-tweaker"), is a genus of roughly 80 species of annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plants. It was named by Carl Linnaeus in his book Species Plantarum and is the only genus in the family Tropaeolaceae. The nasturtiums received their common name because they produce an oil similar to that of watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
The genus Tropaeolum, native to South and Central America, includes several very popular garden plants, the most common being T. majus, T. peregrinum and T. speciosum. One of the hardiest species is T. polyphyllum from Chile, the perennial roots of which can survive the winter underground at elevations of .