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5b. Brassica napus var. napobrassica (Linnaeus) Reichenbach in Mössler, Handb. Gewächsk., ed. 2. 3: 1220. 1833.

蔓菁甘蓝 man jing gan lan

Description from Flora of China

Brassica oleracea var. napobrassica Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 667. 1753; B. campestris Linnaeus var. napobrassica (Linnaeus) de Candolle; B. napobrassica (Linnaeus) Miller; B. napus subsp. napobrassica (Linnaeus) Hanelt; B. napus var. edulis Delile; B. napus var. rapifera Metzger; B. rutabaga de Candolle ex H. Léveillé.

Plants biennial. Roots fleshy, napiform. 2n = 38*.

Recently introduced and cultivated as a leaf and root vegetable. Guangdong, Guizhou, Jiangsu, Nei Mongol, Sichuan, Zhejiang [widely cultivated elsewhere].


 

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