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
False flax
Gold-of-pleasure
Linseed dodder
Wild flax
Dutch
Dederzaad
Huttentut
Vlasdodder
Vlasdotter
French
Cameline
German
Dotterlein
Leindotter
Saat-Leindotter
Taxonomy
Genus
Camelina
Family
Brassicaceae
Order
Brassicales
Crop categories
Vegetable oils
Energy crops
Temperate crops
Forage and fodder crops