| Accepted name: |
Brassica rapa L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Brassica rapa L. ssp. sylvestris (L.) Janchen
-Brassica campestris L. var. rapa Hartm.
-Brassica campestris L.
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| English names: |
Bird's Rape
Wild Turnip
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| French names: |
Chou rave
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Capparales
Family: Brassicaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HBRARA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The tubers are used as vegetable, either raw or cooked. In E Asia as well as in N Africa the leaves are also used as a vegetable.Cultivars with rapid tuber groth are a root forage crop (formerly very important) in W, N Europe and New Zealand, grown in stubble fields after harvest of cereals.(1) |
| Key Characters: |
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