Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

ID: 1441

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# spp.: N/A (from genus_families table) | 4 (from names table)

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Family: Brassicaceae

Family ja: アブラナ

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Description en: Genus of 30 species of annuals and evergreen biennials, perennials, or rarely subshrubs, occurring on rocky slopes, and waste and disturbed ground from the Mediterranean to temperate Asia. Most are erect, branching, tap-rooted plants, with oblong-ovate to rounded, entire or pinnately lobed, hairless, more or less glaucous leaves. They bear terminal racemes of cross-shaped, yellow or white flowers with 4 clawed petals, followed by long, narrow, beaked fruits. Brassica species have been developed to produce many edible vegetables, including cabbage, sprouts, cauliflower, and broccoli (all variants of B. oleracea), and turnip, Chinese cabbage, and oilseed rape. Most are grown in the vegetable garden, although some ornamental cabbages - with variegated pink, white, or green foliage - are used in a border or for a bedding display.

Hardiness en: Fully hardy, but flower-heads of edible vegetables may be damaged in severe winters.

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Propagation en: Sow seed in situ in spring, or under glass in early spring.

Pests en: Susceptible to black leg, downy mildew, clubroot, aphids, whiteflies, root flies, flea beetles, caterpillars, leaf spots, powdery mildew, and white blister.

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Comment ja: アブラナ，キャベツ，ハクサイ，ハボタン，ブロッコリ(broccoli)，カブ

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Update information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2026-03-03 21:57