Showing Food Chinese broccoli
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| Name | Chinese broccoli | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Brassica alboglabra | ||||||||||
| Description | Kai-lan (also written as gai-lan) is the Cantonese name for a vegetable that is also known as Chinese broccoli or Chinese kale. It is a leaf vegetable featuring thick, flat, glossy blue-green leaves with thick stems and a small number of tiny flower heads similar to those of broccoli. Broccoli and kai-lan belong to the same species Brassica oleracea, but kai-lan is in the group alboglabra [Latin albus+glabrus white and hairless]. Its flavor is very similar to that of broccoli, but slightly more bitter. It is also noticeably stronger. Broccolini is a hybrid between broccoli and kai-lan, produced by Mann Packing Company, Inc. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00330 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Vegetables | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Cabbages | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 506218 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Chinese_broccoli | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. | ||||||||||