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Brassica rapa
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Family:
BRASSICACEAE/CRUCIFERAE
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Citation: Brassica rapa L., Sp. Pl. 666. 1753; Hajra et al. in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 138. 1993; A.N. Henry & T. Ravish. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 213. 2005.
Brassica campestris L. var. rapa (L.) C.Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl. ed. 6: 110. 1854.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Common turnip
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Description:
Annual or biennial herbs, 30-120 cm tall, glabrous or sparsely pubescent basally, rarely glaucous, sometimes with fleshy taproots; stems erect, simple or branched above. Basal and lowermost cauline leaves petiolate, rosulate or obscurely to strongly rosulate and forming a compact, oblong head; petiole (1-)2-10(-17) cm, slender or thickened and fleshy, often winged; leaf blade ovate, oblong, or lanceolate in outline, (5-)10-40(-60) × 3-10(-20) cm, margin entire, repand, dentate, or sinuate, sometimes pinnatifid or pinnatisect. Upper cauline leaves sessile, ovate, oblong, or lanceolate, 2-8(-12) × 0.8-3 cm, base amplexicaul, deeply cordate, or auriculate, margin entire or repand. Fruiting pedicels, straight, ascending or divaricate, (0.5-)1-2.5(-3) cm. Sepals oblong, 4-6.5 × 1.5-2 mm, ascending. Petals bright yellow, rarely pale or whitish yellow, 7-10 × 3-6 mm, obovate, apex rounded. Filaments 4-6(-7) mm; anthers oblong, 1.5-2 mm. Fruit linear, 3-8 cm × 2-5 mm, terete, sessile, divaricate or ascending; 8-15-seeded per locule, valves with a prominent midvein; seedless or rarely 1-seeded; seed dark or reddish brown, globose, 1-1.8 mm in diam., minutely reticulate.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native of Europe
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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, Creamy
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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:
No
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Endemic to:
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