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Rapeseed oil is the preferred oil stock for biodiesel production in most of Europe, accounting for about 80% of the feedstock, [citation needed] partly because rapeseed produces more oil per unit of land area compared to other oil sources, such as soybeans, but primarily because canola oil has a significantly lower gel point than most other ...
Illustration of Brassica rapa from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu. Brassica rapa is a plant species that has been widely cultivated into many forms, including the turnip (a root vegetable), komatsuna, napa cabbage, bomdong, bok choy, and rapini.
Brassicaceae (/ ˌ b r æ s ɪ ˈ k eɪ s iː ˌ iː,-s i ˌ aɪ /) or (the older) Cruciferae (/ k r uː ˈ s ɪ f ər i /) [2] is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family.
Rutabaga (/ ˌ r uː t ə ˈ b eɪ ɡ ə /; North American English) or swede (English and some Commonwealth English) is a root vegetable, a form of Brassica napus (which also includes rapeseed). Other names include Swedish turnip , neep ( Scots ), and turnip ( Scottish ,and Canadian English , Irish English , Cornish English and Manx English ...
Rapeseed: 18.24: One of the most widely used cooking oils, also used as fuel. Canola is a variety of rapeseed. Sunflower seed: 9.91: A common cooking oil, also used to make biodiesel Peanut: 4.82: Mild-flavored cooking oil Cottonseed: 4.99: A major food oil, often used in industrial food processing Palm kernel: 4.85: From the seed of the ...
First petals visible, flower buds still closed (“yellow bud”) 6: Flowering 60: First flowers open 61: 10% of flowers on main raceme open, main raceme elongating 62: 20% of flowers on main raceme open 63: 30% of flowers on main raceme open 64: 40% of flowers on main raceme open 65: Full flowering: 50% flowers on main raceme open, older ...
The inflorescence is a raceme made up of yellow flowers having four petals with spreading sepals. [3] [4] The fruit is a silique 3–5 cm long with a beak 1–2 cm long that is flattened-quadrangular. The valves of the silique are glabrous or rarely bristly, three to five nerved. The seeds are dark red or brown, [2] smooth 1-1.5 mm in diameter.
The flowers, seeds, stalks, and tender leaves of many species of Brassica can be eaten raw or cooked. [5] Almost all parts of some species have been developed for food, including the root (swede, turnip), stems (), leaves (cabbage, collard greens, kale), flowers (cauliflower, broccoli, romanesco broccoli), buds (Brussels sprouts, cabbage), and seeds (many, including mustard seed, and oil ...