Brassica rapa L.

 
  • Family : BRASSICACEAE
    (Mustard Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SARSON FAMILY (सरसों फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Brassicaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Barbarea derchiensis S.S.Ying; Brassica amplexicaulis Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Brassica antiquorum H.Lév.; Brassica arvensis Hablitz; Brassica asperifolia Lam.; Brassica brassicata A.Chev.; Brassica briggsii Varenne; Brassica campestris L.; Brassica campestris f. auriculata (DC.) O.E.Schulz; Brassica campestris var. sarson Prain; Brassica campestris f. tenuis O.E.Schulz
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Brassica rapa L.
  • Common name : Common Turnip
  • Vernacular name :
    • Karuppukkadugu (Tamil)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Growing as weed in cultivated fields
  • Comments / notes : Used to treat infection, blood system disorders and genitourinary system disorders, as a vegetable and for food.
  • Key identification features : Leaves pinnatifid, large; Flowers large, bright yellow.
  • Flower, Fruit : January-August
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Mysuru district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Gujarat : North Gujarat district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang district, Changlang district, West Kameng district, East Kameng district, Tirap district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • Native : Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, North Caucasus, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Yugoslavia
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Cosmopolitan
  • Literature :
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
    • Shah G. L. (1978). Flora of Gujarat State Part 1. University Press Sardar Patel University: 60
    • P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 158
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Brassica rapa. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

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