Rocket (Eruca sativa) is an edible annual plant in the family Brassicaceae used as a leaf vegetable for its fresh, tart, bitter, and peppery flavour.
Other common names include garden rocket and eruca. Eruca sativa, which is widely popular as a salad vegetable, is a species of Eruca native to the Mediterranean region, from Morocco and Portugal in the west to Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the east.
Flavour :
Fresh, tart, bitter, and peppery flavour.
Other names :
Arugula, garden rocket or eruca.
It is also called ruchetta, rucola, rucoli, rugula, colewort and roquette.