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rapeseed
Brassica napus
Rapeseed (Brassica napus subsp. napus) is a bright-yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae (mustard or cabbage family), cultivated mainly for its oil-rich seed, which naturally contains appreciable amounts of erucic acid. Canola are a group of rapeseed cultivars which were bred to have very low levels of erucic acid and are especially prized for use for human and animal food. Rapeseed is the third-largest source of vegetable oil and second-largest source of protein meal in...
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.211
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.208
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.802
Compendium of Materia Medica: Illustrated Volume Middle of Middle
李時珍 · 1596 · p.64
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.826
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 75869.