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Rutabaga has many national and regional names. Rutabaga is the common North American term for the plant. This comes from the Swedish dialectal word rotabagge, [1] from rot 'root' + bagge 'lump, bunch'. [2] In the U.S., the plant is also known as Swedish turnip or yellow turnip. [3] [4]
Small, tender varieties are grown for human consumption, while larger varieties are grown as feed for livestock. The name turnip – used in many regions – may also be used to refer to rutabaga (or neep or swede), which is a different but related vegetable. [1]
Common name Observations Abelmoschus manihot: Sunset Hibiscus Pele tastes similar to spinach when steamed or boiled. In some Pacific Islands, it is cooked with coconut milk and a meat. [4] Abutilon theophrasti: China Jute: The taste is good, but since the texture of the leaves is cloth-like and not crisp, it is not very suitable for being eaten ...
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Brassica species and varieties commonly used for food include bok choy, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, choy sum, kohlrabi, napa cabbage, rutabaga, turnip and some seeds used in the production of canola oil and the condiment mustard. Over 30 wild species and hybrids are in cultivation, plus numerous cultivars and hybrids of cultivated origin.
The name comes from the German Kohl ("cabbage") plus Rübe ~ Rabi (Swiss German variant) ("turnip"), because the swollen stem resembles the latter. [1]Its Group name Gongylodes (or lowercase and italicized gongylodes or gongyloides as a variety name) means "roundish" in Greek, [2] from gongýlos (γογγύλος, 'round').
A cultivar must meet certain criteria in order to be recognised by UPOV as a named variety. In a few lists, variety means something else: a taxonomic rank below that of species (a kind of subspecies). If the species' binomial name is followed by the word var. and another name, that is a botanical variety, not a cultivar.