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Brassica rapa: bird rape, bird’s-rape, bird’s-rape mustard, bok choi, bok choy, braze, caisim, caisin, celery cabbage, Chinese cabbage, field mustard, mustard, neep crops, pak-choi, petsai, petsai, rape, rapeseed, turnip, turnip rape, white turnip, wild rape, wild turnip Maori name: pohata

Brassica rapa  is widely cultivated as an oil crop and vegetable, and cultivars, especially in Asia, have been recognized as species, subspecies, and varieties. The most important crops include: rapeseed or canola, turnip (subsp.  rapa ), Chinese mustard or pakchoi [subsp.  chinensis  (Linnaeus) Hanelt], and Chinese cabbage or petsai [subsp.  pekinensis (Loureiro) Hanelt]. The species is also a widespread naturalized weed [subsp.  sylvestris  (Linnaeus) Janchen] throughout temperate North America and elsewhere. It is self-incompatible. Hybridization in the field in Europe has been described between  B. napus  and  B. rapa Common Names: in English : bird rape, bird’s-rape, bird’s-rape mustard, bok choi, bok choy, braze, caisim, caisin, celery cabbage, Chinese cabbage, field mustard, mustard, neep crops, pak-choi, petsai, petsai, rape, rapeseed, turnip, turnip rape, white turnip, wild rape, wild turnip Maori...