Brassica rapa

Garden Turnip, Forage Turnip, Turnip, Tornapa Fiáin, Bargeman's Cabbage, Bird's Rape, Birdsrape Mustard, Colbaga, Field Mustard, Rape, Rape Mustard, Turnip Rape, Tyfon, Wild Mustard, Wild Rutabaga, Wild Turnip, Bok choy, Braze, Horuhoru, Keha, Korau, Kotami, Mustard Spinach, Pohata, Pora, Powhata, Rearea, Ruruhau, Rutabaga, Tah Tsai, Tairua, Taumairangi, Wild Rape, Bird Rape, Common Mustard, Wild turnips, Etc., Tender Green, Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera, Turnip-rape, Brassica rapa

Brassica rapa, photo 1

Description

A horticultural herb cultivated as an annual belonging to the Cruciferae family and used in culinary applications for its leaf-stems or, in some varieties, for its roots. Easy to grow, it prefers full sun exposure in well-draining soil as well as irrigation well suited to its needs, particularly during the hottest season.

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Angiospermae
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Brassica
Species
Brassica rapa
Synonyms (42)
  • Barbarea derchiensis
  • Brassica amplexicaulis
  • Brassica antiquorum
  • Brassica briggsii
  • Brassica campestris
  • Brassica celerifolia
  • Brassica chinensis
  • Brassica colza
  • Brassica dubiosa
  • Brassica napella
  • Brassica narinosa
  • Brassica nipposinica
  • Brassica oleronensis
  • Brassica parachinensis
  • Brassica pe-tsai
  • Brassica pekinensis
  • Brassica perfoliata
  • Brassica perviridis
  • Brassica petsai
  • Brassica pseudocolza
  • Brassica purpuraria
  • Brassica quadrivalvis
  • Brassica ruvo
  • Brassica septiceps
  • Brassica trilocularis
  • Brassica trimestris
  • Caulanthus sulfureus
  • Crucifera rapa
  • Napus campestris
  • Napus rapa
  • Rapa oblonga
  • Rapa rotunda
  • Raphanus amplexicaulis
  • Raphanus campestris
  • Raphanus rapa
  • Sinapis auriculata
  • Sinapis campestris
  • Sinapis dichotoma
  • Sinapis glauca
  • Sinapis pekinensis
  • Sinapis rapa
  • Sinapis trilocularis

Varieties (1)