Mustard greens

Mustard greens - Photo by Glory Foods

Mustard greens is a type of mustard plant (in the cabbage family) of which the leaves, seeds and stem are edible. The leaves have a pungent taste and are used as greens. Seeds are used to produce mustard oil.

Names

Scientific
   Brassica juncea
English
   Chinese mustard
   Green mustard cabbage
   Indian mustard
   Leaf mustard
   Mustard greens
Dutch
   Indische bruine mosterd
   Sareptamosterd
Spanish
   Mostaza castaña
   Mostaza china
   Mostaza de hoja
   Mostaza de la India
French
   Moutarde brune
   Moutarde chinoise
German
   Brauner Senf
   Chinesischer Senf
   Indischer Senf
   Ruten-Kohl
   Sareptasenf

Taxonomy

Genus
   Brassica
Family
   Brassicaceae
Order
   Brassicales

Crop categories

Vegetable oils
Vegetables

Pictures

Mustard greens - Photo by Glory Foods


Mustard greens - Photo by SaucyGlo