Purple-stem mustard

Brassica rapa var. utilis 'hong cai tai'

  • Purple-stem mustard
  • Purple-stem mustard
  • Flower name
    Purple-stem mustard
  • Scientific name
    Brassica rapa var. utilis 'hong cai tai'
  • Alias紅菜花, 紅菜苔, ベニナバナ
  • Place of originBasin out of the Chinese Yangtze River
  • Place of floweringField
  • Flowering seasonJanuary, February, March, April, December
  • Language of flowersTiny happy

What is Purple-stem mustard

Purple Choi Sum or Purple-stem mustard (scientific name: Brassica rapa var. Utilis 'hong cai tai') is a European native , and is a spices of hardy biennial vegetable of the Brassicaceae 'Choi Sum (scientific name: Brassica rapa var. Utilis )'. It is cultivated in the middle of the Yangtze River China, the leaves are green, the stems and petioles are purple. Stems and leaves become vegetables and are eaten with stir-fried foods etc..

Common name:Purple Choi Sum or Purple-stem mustard , scientific name: Brassica rapa var. Utilis 'hong cai tai', aka: beninavana, birth place: Yangtze River in China, Lifestyle type: Vegetable in two years grass, plant height: 50 to 60 cm, harvesting period: December to March, leaf color: green, veins · petiole · stem color: fresh Purple, inflorescence form: inflorescence, inflorescence diameter: 5 to 10 cm, number of petals: 4, flower size: 1 to 2 cm, flower color: yellow, flowering period: December to April.


  • Order
    Brassicales
  • Family
    Brassicaceae
  • Genus
    rapa
  • Species
    B. rapa var. Utilis 'hong cai tai'
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Gross inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    4 petals
  • Leaf type
    lanceolate
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typeBiennial vegetable
  • Flower colorsYellow
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height50.0 ~ 60.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.0 ~ 2.0 cm

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