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Brassica nigra
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Family:
BRASSICACEAE/CRUCIFERAE
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Citation: Brassica nigra (L.) Koch. in Roehl., Deustchl. Fl. (ed.3) 4: 713. 1833; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 156. 1872; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 31. 1982; Hajra et al. in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 136. 1993; A.N. Henry & T. Ravish. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 211. 2005.
Sinapis nigra L., Sp. Pl. 668. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kadugu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Black mustard, Mustard
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Description:
Annual, rigid, erect herb, 40-90(-120) cm high, branched, more or less hispid. Lower leaves lyrate, deeply pinnatifid or-sect, 6-20 x 4-12 cm; the upper smaller, sessile or short stalked, narrowly elliptic or lanceolate, entire. Inflorescence a branched raceme, densely 40-50 flowered. Flowers ca 1.2 cm across; pedicels 3-5 mm long, ebracteate. Sepals erect-spreading, oblong, obtuse, 4-5 mm long, glabrous. Petals obovate, long-clawed, 8-10 mm long, bright yellow. Stamens ca 4 mm long. Fruits oblong, 1-2 cm x 1-2.5 mm; beak 2-3 mm long, seedless; valves keeled, torulose, 3-5 seeded in each locule; seeds ca 1 mm across, glabrous, dark brown.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Idukki
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Europe, North Africa, South West Asia and temperate parts of India
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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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