What do cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, collard greens & kohlrabi have in common?
If you said "they're the same species of plant, selected for different qualities", you're correct! Let's talk about the chameleon of the vegetable world, the Brassica!🧪
If you said "they're the same species of plant, selected for different qualities", you're correct! Let's talk about the chameleon of the vegetable world, the Brassica!🧪
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Brussel sprouts are cultivars selected for unopened lateral lead buds, broccoli & cauliflower for the unopened flowers, kale for leaves, kohlrabi for enlarged stem.
Let's talk about the "triangle of U", named for 1935 paper by 'U Nagaharu' where he presented a theory of Brassica genetics.
There are 3 diploid species
(AA) Brassica rapa: turnip, napa cabbage and bok choi
(BB) Brassica nigra: black mustard (popular in curries!)
(CC) Brassica oleracea: 'cabbages'
(AABB) Brown mustard
(AACC) Rapeseed (which we call "canola" in the US) & rutabaga
(BBCC) Ethiopian mustard
It's even possible to cross all three to produce allohexaploids (N=6), although these hybrids haven't been commercialized.
A theory: they're all related to an ancient hexaploid (N=6) plant that gave rise to the diploid lines we know today, so gene organization between these chromosomes are inter-compatible.
Like old friends reunited after millions of years.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woo_Jang-choon
Source for screenshot:
https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/38/10/4419/6304875
Also ur PFP reminds me of Walter Moers Zamonien works
Cook until soft. Eat with potatoes.
Its . So. Good
The variety of cucurbita is pretty cool too & without the farting
Huh, that's a new one for me!