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The mustard plant is any one of several plant species in the genera Brassica, Rhamphospermum and Sinapis in the family Brassicaceae (the mustard family). Mustard seed is used as a spice . Grinding and mixing the seeds with water, vinegar, or other liquids creates the yellow condiment known as prepared mustard .
The mustard plant is known as "chicken mustard", "multishoot mustard", and "nine-head mustard". big-stem mustard Stem Mustard (茎用芥/芥菜头) Previously identified as B. juncea subsp. tsatsai var. tumida. [3] The mustard plant with knobby, fist-sized, swollen green stem is known as "big-stem mustard" or "swollen-stem mustard".
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.
A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant, the other being the root. It supports leaves , flowers and fruits , transports water and dissolved substances between the roots and the shoots in the xylem and phloem , engages in photosynthesis, stores nutrients, and produces new living tissue. [ 1 ]
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The leaves of wild mustard are edible at the juvenile stage of the plant; [10] they are usually boiled, [3] such as in 18th century, in Dublin, where it was sold in the streets. [2] During the Great Famine of Ireland , wild mustard was a common famine food , even though it often caused stomach upset.
Zha cai ([ʈʂâ tsʰâɪ]; 榨菜), also romanized as Cha tsai, is a type of pickled mustard plant stem originating from Chongqing, China.The name may also be written in English as cha tsai, tsa tsai, jar choy, jar choi, ja choi, ja choy, or cha tsoi.
Mustard, brown – Brassica juncea, also known as mustard greens, Indian mustard, Chinese mustard, and leaf mustard, is a species of mustard plant. Mustard, white – annual plant of the family Brassicaceae. Nigella (kalonji) – Nigella sativa is an annual flowering plant, native to south and southwest Asia.