Rapeseed

Rapeseed
	Turnip ( Brassica rapa subsp. Oleifera )
Systematics
Order :	Cruciferous (Brassicales)
Family :	Cruciferous vegetables (Brassicaceae)
Tribe :	Brassiceae
Genre :	Cabbage ( Brassica )
Type :	Rapeseed ( Brassica rapa )
Subspecies :	Rapeseed
Scientific name
	Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera
	( DC. ) Butcher.

The turnip ( Brassica rapa subsp. Oleifera ) is an oil seed from the family of the cabbage family , similar to the closely related rapeseed (Brassica napus). Both the seeds and the whole plant are usually called turnip rape , rapeseed or turnip seed - names that are also used for the parent species Brassica rapa . On the Bergstrasse it is also called Rübssprengel .

Features and use

Important distinguishing features from rapeseed are the fresh green, only slightly frosted, hairy leaves (in contrast to the bluish, only sparsely hairy of rapeseed) and the smaller, reticulate seeds, which are used not only to extract rapeseed oil but also as a component of bird feed mixtures ( e.g. for canaries ) be used.

Individual evidence

↑ District 4) . In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 17 : Speaker - standing clock - (X, 2nd section, part 1). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1919, Sp. 27 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
↑ ^a ^b Werner Rothmaler (greeting), Rudolf Schubert, Klaus Werner, Hermann Meusel (eds.): Excursion flora for the areas of the GDR and the FRG. Volume 2. Vascular Plants. 7th edition. People and Knowledge, Berlin 1972, p. 208.

Web links

Commons : Rapeseed ( Brassica rapa subsp. Oleifera ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Rübsen - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Rapeseed. In: FloraWeb.de.
Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.

[Sprengel-1] District 4) . In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 17 : Speaker - standing clock - (X, 2nd section, part 1). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1919, Sp. 27 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).

[Rothmaler-2] Werner Rothmaler (greeting), Rudolf Schubert, Klaus Werner, Hermann Meusel (eds.): Excursion flora for the areas of the GDR and the FRG. Volume 2. Vascular Plants. 7th edition. People and Knowledge, Berlin 1972, p. 208.