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5a. Brassica napus var. napus

欧洲油菜(原变种) ou zhou you cai (yuan bian zhong)

Description from Flora of China

Brassica campestris Linnaeus subsp. napus (Linnaeus) J. D. Hooker; B. campestris var. napus (Linnaeus) Babington; B. napus subsp. oleifera (de Candolle) Metzger; B. napus var. arvensis (Duchartre) Thellung; B. napus var. leptorrhiza Spach; B. napus var. oleifera de Candolle; B. oleracea Linnaeus var. arvensis Duchartre; B. oleracea var. hongnoensis H. Léveillé; B. oleracea var. pseudocolza H. Léveillé.

Plants annual. Taproots slender, not fleshy. 2n = 38*.

The source of canola oil.

Cultivated. Throughout China [widely cultivated and naturalized elsewhere].


 

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