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Buckler mustard (Arabic: drehēme) An edible herb belonging to the mustard family and mentioned by Alois Musil as being eaten raw by the Bedouins. The plant is common in Israel and Palestine and bears a fruit resembling a buckle, with two discs joined together. In each disc there is one seed. Brassica tournefortii: Tournefort's mustard
Black mustard plants in Saarbrücken Black mustard fruits at the Jardin des Plantes de Paris Black mustard seeds. It is an upright plant, with large stalked leaves. They are covered with hairs or bristles at the base, but on the stem smoother. It can reach up to 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) tall in moist fertile soil.
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 region is home to a variety of plants and animals; at least 47,000 living species have been identified, with another 4,000 assumed to exist. At least 116 mammal species are native to Palestine/Israel, as well as 511 bird species, 97 reptile species, and 7 amphibian species. There are also an estimated 2,780 plant species.
Israel Nature and National Parks Protection Authority, The National Herbarium of The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and ROTEM - Israel plant information center. 1999. Shmida, Avi, MAPA's dictionary of plants and flowers in Israel, MAPA publishers, 2005 (Hebrew). Flora of Israel Online, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, retrieved October 2008.
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.
List of endemic flora of Israel refers to flowers, plants and trees endemic to Israel. There are 2,867 known species of plants. Aegilops sharonensis; Allium papillare;
Chorispora tenella is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by several common names, including purple mustard, blue mustard, musk mustard, and crossflower. [1] This mustard is native to parts of Eurasia but is well known in other parts of the world, particularly in temperate regions, as an introduced species and a noxious weed .