Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.

 
  • Family : BRASSICACEAE
    (MUSTARD FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Brassicaceae
  • Species : Brassica juncea
  • Basionym : Sinapis juncea L.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.
  • Common name : Mustard, Common Indian Mustard, Chinese Mustard
  • Vernacular name : Rai, Sarson (Hin.); Saasivey (Kan.); Kadugu (Tam.); Aavalu, Sanna vaalu (Tel.); Rai sorish (Ori.); Rajika (San.)
  • Key identification features : An erect branched herb with often a woody stock. Lower leaves are petiolate, often lyrate, the upper ones are more or less sessile, entire and smaller. Flowers are arranged on a terminal racemose inflorescence. Sepals and petals are spreading. Fruit is cylindrical and dehiscent.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : September-March
  • Native : Central Asia
  • Comments : Cultivated throughout for its seeds. Sometimes seen as an escape.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
  • World Distribution : Central Asia to tropics of World
  • Literature : H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Brassica juncea. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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