Greater plantain (Plantago major)

Greater plantain (Plantago major) is a plant species in the Plantaginaceae, annual herb with rosette leaves, 15-30 cm in diameter, oval-shaped leaves, 5-20 cm long, 4-9 cm wide, pointed tip, smooth edges, stalk and 5-9 veins along the leaf.

P. major has small, greenish-brown flowers with purple stamens, dense thorns 5-15 cm long on stems 13-15 cm high. Seeds are attached to long spikes that soar high above the leaves. Each plant can produce up to 20,000 seeds, very small and oval in shape.



Young leaves are eaten raw, older, more fibrous leaves are boiled in stews and eaten. Mature leaves contain flexible and strong fibers for making small ropes, fishing line, stitches.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Plantagineae
Genus: Plantago L. in Sp. Pl.: 112 (1753)
Subgenus: Plantago
Section: Plantago
Species: Plantago major L. in Sp. Pl.: 112 (1753)
Subspecies: Plantago major subsp. intermedia (Gilib.) Lange, Plantago major subsp. major, Plantago major subsp. winteri (Wirtg.) W.Ludw.

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Plantago major var. megastachya Wallr. in Sched. Crit.: 62 (1822)

PUBLICATIONS

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VERNACULAR NAME

Afrikaans: Breeblaar, Breėblaar plantago, Breeblaarplantago, Groot weebree, Groottongblaar, Grootweeblaar, Grootweegblaar, Grootweegbree, Platvoet, Weegblaar, Weegbredie, Weegbredieblaar, Weegbree
Belarusian: Трыпутнік вялікі
Bulgarian: Голям живовлек
Catalan: Plantatge gros
Chinese (simplified): 大车前 - 宽叶车前
Chinese (traditional): 大車前草 - 寬葉車前 - 田貫草 - 車前草
Czech: Jitrocel větší
Danish: Glat vejbred
Dogri: Chamcho Pattar, Jungli Isbagol, Van Gulla
Dutch: Grote weegbree
English: Greater plaintain, Broad leaf plantain, Broad-leaf, Broadleaf plantain, Broad-leaved plantain, Broad-leaved ribwort, Cart track plant, Cart-track plant, Common plantain, Dooryard plantain, Great plantain, Greater plantago, Broadleaf plantain, Healing blade, Hen plant, Large plantain, Larger ribwort plantain, Ribgrass, Rippleseed plantain, Roadweed, Roundleaf plantain, Waybread, Wayside plantain, White man's foot, White man's footprint, White-mans-foot, Nipple grass
Estonian: Suur teeleht
Faroese: Stórvaksin gøtubrá
Filipino: Lanting, Lantin, Lanting haba, llantin
Finnish: Piharatamo
French: Grand plantain, Plantain majeur
German: Breitwegerich
Greek: Πεντάνευρο το μεγάλο
Guangdong: 田貫草 - 車前草
Hebrew: לחך גדול
Hindi: जंगली इसबगोल - लहुरिया Jangli Isabgol, Lahuriya
Hong Kong: 田貫草 - 車前草
Hungarian: Nagy útifű, Széles levelű útifű
Indonesia: Daun sendok, Daun urat
Irish: Cuach Phádraig
Italian: Piantaggine maggiore
Japanese: オニオオバコ - セイヨウオオバコ
Java: Surutan
Kannada: Sirapotla Gida
Kashmiri: Bartang, Gul
Khamti: Sevinyuri
Korean: 왕질경이
Kumaoni: Luhuriya
Latvian: Lielā ceļteka
Lesotho: Bodiba, Bodila
Lithuanian: Plačialapis gyslotis
Macao: 田貫草 - 車前草
Malaysia: Ekor anjing
Marathi: Baartang
Mizo: Kelbean
Mongolian: Их тавансалаа
Nepali: चाम्चे झर - इसबगोल Chamche Jhar, Isabgol
Norwegian: Groblad
Polish: Babka zwyczajna, Plantago maior
Portuguese: Tanchagem, Tanchagem-graúda, Tansagem
Punjabi: Gajpipal
Romanian: Pătlagină mare
Russian: Подорожник большой
Sanskrit: Asvagola
Serbian: Женска боквица
Slovenian: Širokolistni trpotec, Veliki trpotec
Sotho: Bodiba, Bodila, Bolila
Spanish: Llantén, Cancerina euroasiática, Llantén mayor, Llantén rastrogero, Siete venas
Sunda: Ki urat
Swedish: Groblad
Taiwan: 大車前草 - 田貫草 - 車前草
Tamil: இஷாப்புக்கோல் விதை Ishappukol Vitai
Thai: หญ้าเอ็นยืด
Tibetan: ཐ་རམ། Tha-Ram
Turkish: Damarotu, Sinirotu
Ukrainian: Подорожник великий
Urdu: بارتانگ Bartang
Welsh: Llydan y ffordd
Zulu: Indlebe-ka-tekwane, Indlebe-kathekwana enku, Indlebe-kathekwane enkulu

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