Recently, "Qianlong cabbage" has become popular on the Internet
Which type of dish it belongs to has aroused heated discussion among netizens
And the little leaf wants to know more
What exactly is cabbage?
Cabbage is a cruciferous, brassica biennial herb up to 60 cm tall, glabrous throughout the plant, mostly basal leaves, large shaped, inverted ovate oblong to broad inverted ovate, blunt apex, marginally wrinkled, wavy, petiole white, flattened, bright yellow flowers, sepal oblong or ovate lanceolate, upright, pale green to yellow. Flowers in May and bears fruit in June.
Cabbage (Image source @ Flora of China official website)
The cruciferous plants to which cabbage belongs is a large family, which has more than 300 genera and about 3200 species of plants. It is mainly distributed in the northern temperate zone, and there are more in the Mediterranean region. There are 95 genera in China, with about 450 species of plants. The biggest feature of cruciferous plants is that their flowers are mostly cross-shaped, and we can eat not only its leaves, stems, and flowers, but also its roots and buds.
Guess which cruciferous plants they are?
Leaf-eating cruciferous plants
Leaf-eating cruciferous plants mainly include kale, mustard greens and so on. Kale is planted in Shencheng's park square and in the street green landscape.
In addition, as an ornamental dinosaur kale, its leaves are like reliefs, which is significantly different from the leaves of curly leaf kale.
Because kale contains nutrients such as low GI (glycemic index), antioxidants, vitamins, etc., kale is also recommended by some dietitians and fitness experts.
Cruciferous plants of the esophyllaceae
The cruciferous plants of the phylum are mainly amaranth, squeezed vegetables and so on. Among them, the amaranth blue with a very high content of vitamin C is also known as kale head, and we eat its stem.
As early as 1786, the "Fuling County Continued Cultivation of Fuzhou Chronicle" has a record: green vegetables have buds and vine salt pickled famous five-spiced squeezed vegetables.
Flower-eating cruciferous plants
Flower-eating cruciferous plants mainly include cauliflower and broccoli. In the eyes of people who lose weight, cauliflower and broccoli are prominently listed. Because broccoli is rich in food fiber, which can not only promote gastrointestinal peristalsis to accelerate digestion, but also increase satiety, so weight loss and fitness people can have a special love for them.
cauliflower
broccoli
Root-eating cruciferous plants
Cruciferous plants that eat roots mainly include radish, bald mustard and so on.
White radish (image source @ Flora of China official website)
Bald kale, known as "kohlrabi".
In addition to the ones mentioned above
Cruciferous plants and cabbage that we often eat
You also know which cruciferous plants
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Source: Chenshan Botanical Garden