Brassica juncea
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Brassica juncea, also known as Indian mustard and leaf mustard, is a species of mustard plant. Cultivars of B. juncea are grown as green vegetables and for the production of oilseed. B. juncea subsp. tatsai has been selected to grow an especially thick stem, used to make the Chinese pickle zha cai.
The mustard made from it is called brown mustard.
B. juncea can hyperaccumulate cadmium.
External links
- [Brassica juncea]
- [Culinary description of the many tasty varieties of mustard greens]
- [Multilingual taxonomic information from the University of Melbourne]
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