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vegetables & herbs
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Cruciferae,
Chinese Kale
Chinese
Kale; Jie Lan; Kai-Lan(C).
Brassica Alboglabra Bailey (Cruciferae)
(B. Oleracea var. Albiflora O. Kunze)
Description
Young Chinese Kale
A perennial with dull or glossy thick bluish-green, oval, often glaucous
leaves and elongated fleshy inflorescences. It is cut for the market from
the young plants before the first flower buds begin to open. In recent
years, small plants grown in crowded conditions have been harvested for
sale in the markets.
Origin
Brassica Alboglabra: Chinese Kale
Some authorities regard this as a variety of B. Oleracea but it is quite
unlike any kale grown in Europe or England. It is widely cultivated in
South-East Asia like Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc.
Uses
This plant is high in calcium and iron content and vitamin A precursors.
It can be cooked in a variety of ways.
Notes
Small plants of Chinese Kale grown in crowded conditions
The cultivated species of the genus Brassica (about 40 species of annual
and biennial herbs) are important in horticulture. The Brassica group
is a most perplexing and bewildering family of crops, not only because
of the frequency of outcrossing that often results in viable hybrids,
but also the relative ease with which new mutants can be selected and
new cultivars developed. Pearson (1929) was the first to suggest classifying
Brassica on the basis of chromosome numbers. V.G. Sun summerised it as
three elementary species comprising B. Campestris L. (n=10), B. Nigra
Koch (n=8) and B. Oleracea L. (n=9) and all the other species are derived
from them.
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