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4c. Brassica juncea var. tumida M. Tsen & S. H. Lee, Hort. Sin.  2: 23.  1942.  
榨菜 zha cai 
 
 
 
 
 
Plants annual. Taproots slender, cylindric. Basal leaves with a fleshy, inflated petiole; midvein strongly flattened; leaf blade 40-80 cm, margin subentire, repand, or obscurely dentate. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Jun-Jul. 2n = 36*. 
 
 
 
Cultivated as a vegetable. Mainly in Sichuan and Yunnan [distribution outside China uncertain]. 
 
 
 
 
 
                         
                             
	 
                      
                         
		
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