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The flowers, seeds, stalks, and tender leaves of many species of Brassica can be eaten raw or cooked. [5] Almost all parts of some species have been developed for food, including the root (swede, turnip), stems (), leaves (cabbage, collard greens, kale), flowers (cauliflower, broccoli, romanesco broccoli), buds (Brussels sprouts, cabbage), and seeds (many, including mustard seed, and oil ...
Brassica oleracea is a plant of the family Brassicaceae, also known as wild cabbage in its uncultivated form. The species evidently originated from feral populations of related plants in the Eastern Mediterranean , where it was most likely first cultivated.
4: Development of harvestable vegetative plant parts 41: Lateral buds begin to develop 2. Cauliflower heads begin to form;width of growing tip > 1 cm3 43: First sprouts tightly closed 2. 30% of the expected head diameter reached 3. 45: 50% of the sprouts tightly closed 2. 50% of the expected head diameter reached 3. 46: 60% of the sprouts ...
The species Brassica napus belongs to the flowering plant family Brassicaceae. Rapeseed is a subspecies with the autonym B. napus subsp. napus. [11] It encompasses winter and spring oilseed, vegetable and fodder rape. [12] Siberian kale is a distinct leaf rape form variety (B. napus var. pabularia) which used to be common as a winter-annual ...
The initial leaves form a rosette shape comprising 7 to 15 leaves, each measuring 25–35 cm (10–14 in) by 20–30 cm (8–12 in); [6] after this, leaves with shorter petioles develop and heads form through the leaves cupping inward. [9] Many shapes, colors and leaf textures are found in various cultivated varieties of cabbage.
Kale (/ k eɪ l /), also called leaf cabbage, belongs to a group of cabbage (Brassica oleracea) cultivars primarily grown for their edible leaves; it has also been used as an ornamental plant. Description
Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) is an edible green plant in the cabbage family (family Brassicaceae, genus Brassica) whose large flowering head, stalk and small associated leaves are eaten as a vegetable. Broccoli is classified in the Italica cultivar group of the species Brassica oleracea.
Cabbage plants. Cruciferous vegetables are vegetables of the family Brassicaceae (also called Cruciferae) with many genera, species, and cultivars being raised for food production such as cauliflower, cabbage, kale, garden cress, bok choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, mustard plant and similar green leaf vegetables.