fruits & vegetables :: NATURALIZED, CULTIVATED :: Brassicaceae » Brassica juncea

[Dinesh Valke]

Brassicaceae (mustard, or cabbage family) » Brassica juncea

... many subspecies and varieties

BRAS-ee-ka -- from the classical Latin name for cabbage
JUN-kee-uh -- rush-like


commonly known as: brown mustard, Indian mustard, leaf mustard • Assamese: jatilai • Bengali: সর্ষপ sarsapa • Hindi: सर्षप sarshap, सरसों sarson • Kannada: ಸಾಸಿವೆ saasive, ಸರ್ಷಪ sarshapa • Kashmiri: सर्शफ् sarshaph • Konkani: सास्सम sassama • Malayalam: സര്‍ഷപം sarshapam • Manipuri: hangam • Marathi: मोहरी mohari, राई rai • Sanskrit: राजिका rajika, सर्षप sarshapa • Tamil: கடுகு katuku • Telugu: సర్షపము sarsapamu, సాసువులు sasuvulu • Urdu: سرشف sarshaf


Distribution: widely naturalized; widely cultivated


Edible use:

... leaves, the seeds, and the stem are edible ... Wikipedia

[Gurcharan Singh]

Nice display and information, Dinesh ji

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