Herbarium JCB

Brassica juncea (L.) Czernajew

Family : BRASSICACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Brassicaceae
Species : Brassica juncea
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.
Common name : Mustard, Common Indian Mustard
Vernacular name : Rajika (San.); Rai, Sarson (Hin.); Saasive (Kan.)
Collection Nos : HFP 401, CS 7973
Collector(s) Name : C.J.Saldanha & T.P.Ramamoorthy
Key identification features : An erect branched herb with often a woody stock. Lower leaves are petiolate, often lyrate, whereas the upper leaves 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
Native : India, Central Asia
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Yettinahalla, Shiradi Ghat (Hassan)
Distribution Locality : Cultivated
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka