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Brassica juncea
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Family:
BRASSICACEAE/CRUCIFERAE
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Citation: Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. & Coss. in Czern., Consp. Pl. Chark. 8. n. 5. 1859; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 157. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 38(28). 1915; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 69. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 7. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 64. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 54. 1990; Hajra et al. in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 134. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 54. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 14. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 11. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 54. 2005; A.N. Henry & T. Ravish. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 210. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 88. 2009.
Sinapis juncea L., Sp. Pl. 668. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kaduku, Cherukaduku
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Brown mustard, Chinese mustard, Indian mustard, Mustard greens
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Description:
Annual erect herbs; densely long-branched especially above, glabrous, subglaucous. Leaves simple, alternate, 20 x 10 cm, lower and basal petiolate with lamina irregularly dentate, with 1-3 pairs of lateral lobes, not auriculate; upper 5-10 x 1.5-3 cm, petiolate to subpetiolate, lanceolate or oblanceolate and acute, to obovate and obtuse, coarsely dentate to subentire, not auriculate. Inflorescence 15-30 cm long in fruit; pedicels 5-12 mm long, ascending. Sepals 3.5-4 mm long, oblong. Petals bright yellow, 4.5-8(-10) mm long, clawed with obovate limb. Anthers 1.5-2 mm broad with conical beak 5-7 mm long, midvein prominently keeled. Fruit a linear capsule, seeds 12-20, c. 1 mm diameter, dark reddish-brown, globose, finely reticulate.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-July
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District(s):
Kollam, Wayanad, Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Central and East Asia and Europe, cultivated
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
Yes
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vengoli, Valiyaparathode, Angamoozhy, Pandalam, Ponmudi, Alleppey town
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