Camelina has in the past been cultivated as an oilseed crop. It is used to produce vegetable oil and also as animal feed. It can also be used to produce biodiesel.
Names
Scientific
Camelina sativa
English
Camelina (Crop)
False flax
Gold-of-pleasure
Linseed dodder
Wild flax
Dutch
Dederzaad
Huttentut
Vlasdodder
Vlasdotter
French
Cameline
German
Dotterlein
Leindotter
Saat-Leindotter
Taxonomy
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Camelina
Species
Camelina sativa (Camelina (Crop))
Crop categories
Arid crops
Cool temperate crops
Energy crops
Forage and fodder crops
Mediterranean crops
Minor crops
Subtropical crops
Temperate crops
Vegetable oils