Brassica Oleracea Var Capitata

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NAME:  Brassica oleracea var capitata

FAMILY: Cruciferae

COMMON NAMES: Cabbage, sea cabbage, col blanca, chou pommé, kan lan, karanb

LOCAL NAMES: Kabeji, Spitzkohl, cavolo cappucio

USEFUL PART(s): Leaves, seeds

GENERAL USES:

  • Cabbage can be eaten raw or cooked and also processed

  • It also serve as fodder for farm animals

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION

  • China

  • Germany

  • Nigeria

  • Italy

  • Netherland

  • Japan

 

WHY IS IT GREEN?

Brassica oleracea var capitata medicinal values include

  • Antimicrobial

  • skin diseases

  • rheumatism

  • sore throat

  • hoarseness

  • colic

  • pneumonia

  • appendicitis

  • ulcers

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

FUN FACT

  • A cabbage plant is a big bud that forms into a head including intersecting leaves encircled by a rosette of outer leaves close to the ground; it is a field crop.

  • Cabbage heads can be green, purple or white; ranges from 0.5 to 4 kilograms.

FURTHER READINGS

Liu, X. ping, Yang, C., Han, F. qing, Fang, Z. yuan, Yang, L. mei, Zhuang, M., … Zhang, Y. yong. (2016). Genetics and fine mapping of a yellow-green leaf gene (ygl-1) in cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.). Molecular Breeding, 36(6). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-016-0509-4

Yuan, S., Su, Y., Liu, Y., Li, Z., Fang, Z., Yang, L., … Sun, P. (2015). Chromosome Doubling of Microspore-Derived Plants from Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.) and Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica L.). Frontiers in Plant Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.01118