Brassicaceae

463 edible species

Cruciferous family including cabbage, broccoli, mustard, and radish—major vegetable crops.

Aethionema cordifolium

Lebanese stonecress

Edible: Leaves

Alliaria petiolata

Hedge Garlic, Jack-by-the-hedge, Garlic Mustard

Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Pods, Spice, Vegetable, Flowers, Roots

Alyssum alyssoides - (L.) L.

Pale Madwort

Alyssum constellatum

Edible: Leaves

Alyssum homalocarpum

Edible: Seed - thickening agent

Alyssum murale

Edible: Leaves - spice

Alyssum strictum

Edible: Leaves

Anastatica hierochuntica

Rose of Jericho

Edible: Leaves - tea, Caution

Arabidella eremigena

Priddiwalkatj, Cress

Edible: Leaves

Arabidopsis lyrata

Rock cress, Kamchatka rockcress

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Arabis alpina

Alpine rock cress, Mountain rock-cress

Edible: Flowers, Leaves

Arabis alpina subsp. caucasica

Rock cress, Arabic cress, Barbeen

Edible: Leaves

Arabis amplexicaulis

Edible: Leaves

Arabis caucasica

Rock Cress, Wall Rockcress

Edible: Leaves

Arabis hirsuta

Ying mao nan jie

Edible: Leaves, Shoots

Arabis lyrata

Rock Cress, Kamchatka rockcress, Lyrate rockcress

Edible: Leaves

Arabis pendula

Edible: Leaves

Arabis sagittata

Edible: Leaves

Arabis serrata

Chi ye nan jie

Edible: Leaves

Arabis tibetica

Edible: Shoots, Vegetable

Armoracia macrocarpa

Edible: Root, Spice

Armoracia rusticana

Horseradish

Edible: Roots, Seeds, Herb, Spice, Leaves, Vegetable, Seeds sprouts

Armoracia sisymbrioides

Russian wild horseradish

Edible: Root - spice

Barbarea australis

Winter cress, Austral Winter-cress, Riverbed wintercress

Edible: Leaves

Barbarea bosniaca

Bosanska repnica

Edible: Leaves

Barbarea orthoceras

American yellowrocket, Garden Yellowrocket

Edible: Leaves

Barbarea plantaginea

Edible: Leaves

Barbarea stricta

Small-flowered wintercress

Edible: Leaves, Flowers

Barbarea verna

Early cress, American land cress

Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable

Barbarea vulgaris

Upland cress, Yellow rocket

Edible: Leaves

Berteroella maximowiczii

Edible: Leaves?

Blennodia canescens

Edible: Stems

Brassica balearica

Balearic cabbage

Edible: Leaves

Brassica campestris

Field mustard, Wild turnip

Edible: Leaves, Seeds - oil, Flowers

Brassica campestris var. chinoleifera

Flowering white cabbage, Choy sum

Edible: Leaves

Brassica campestris var. rugosa

Edible: Leaves

Brassica campestris var. sarson

Indian colza, Sarson, Yellow sarson

Edible: Leaves, Seeds

Brassica campestris var. toria

Indian rape, Toria

Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Oil

Brassica carinata

Abyssinian cabbage, African cabbage

Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Flower buds, Vegetable, Seeds - oil

Brassica cretica

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Brassica elongata

Edible: Leaves, Oil

Brassica glauca

Brassica integrifolia

Mustard Greens, Ethiopian cabbage

Edible: Leaves, Seeds - Oil, Seeds - flavouring, Flowers

Brassica integrifolia var. chevalieri

Chevalieri

Edible: Leaves, Seeds

Brassica juncea

Indian mustard, Leaf mustard, Chinese mustard

Edible: Leaves, Seeds - oil, Spice, Vegetable, Flowers

Brassica juncea crispifolia

Curled Mustard

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil

Brassica juncea foliosa

Leaf Mustard

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil

Brassica juncea integrifolia crispifolia

Curled Mustard

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Seed, Shoots, Stem

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Brassica juncea integrifolia rugosa - (Roxb.) M.Tsen & S.H.Lee

Head Mustard

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil, Seed, Shoots, Stem

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Brassica juncea integrifolia strumata

Large Petiole Mustard

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil, Seed, Shoots, Stem

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Brassica juncea integrifolia subintegrifolia

Leaf Mustard

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil, Seed, Shoots, Stem

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Brassica juncea multiceps

Green In The Snow

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil

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Brassica juncea napiformis - (Pailleux.&Boiss.)Kitam.

Root Mustard

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil, Root

Brassica juncea rugosa - (Roxb.)N.Tsen.&S.N.Lee.

Head Mustard

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil, Seed, Shoots

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Brassica juncea strumata

Large Petiole Mustard

Edible: Leaves, Oil, Stem

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Brassica juncea tsatsai multiceps

Green In The Snow

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil, Seed, Shoots, Stem

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Brassica juncea tsatsai tumida

Swollen-Stem Mustard

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil, Oil, Seed, Shoots, Stem

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Brassica juncea tumida

Swollen-Stem Mustard

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil, Stem

Brassica juncea var. capitata

Capitata mustard

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Brassica juncea var. crassicaulis

Bamboo shoot mustard

Edible: Stem, Vegetable

Brassica juncea var. crispifolia

Curled mustard, Cut-leaf mustard, Dissected-leaf mustard

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil, Vegetable

Brassica juncea var. cuneifolia

Indian mustard

Edible: Leaves, Shoots

Brassica juncea var. foliosa

Leaf mustard, Setsuriko

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil, Vegetable

Brassica juncea var. gemmifera

Gemmiferous mustard

Edible: Stem, Side buds

Brassica juncea var. involuta

Involute mustard

Edible: Leaves

Brassica juncea var. japonica

Mizuna, Cut-leaf mustard

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Brassica juncea var. latipa

Edible: Leaves

Brassica juncea var. leucanthus

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Brassica juncea var. megarrhiza

Tuberous-rooted mustard, Large-rooted mustard

Edible: Root, Vegetable

Brassica juncea var. multiceps

Chicken mustard, Multishoot mustard, Nine-head mustard

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil, Vegetable

Brassica juncea var. multisecta

Thousand-veined mustard

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Brassica juncea var. napiformis

Large-root mustard, Root mustard, Tuberous-root mustard, Turnip-root mustard

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil, Root, Vegetable

Brassica juncea var. rugosa

Mustard cabbage, Chinese mustard, Cabbage-leaf mustard, Head mustard, Swatow mustard, Japanese red mustard, Mustard greens

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil, Vegetable

Brassica juncea var. sareptana

Brown mustard, Sarepta mustard

Edible: Leaves, Seeds

Brassica juncea var. strumata

Chopped mustard, Horned mustard, Large-petiole mustard

Edible: Leaves, Oil, Stem, Vegetable

Brassica juncea var. tumida

Big-stem mustard, Swollen-stem mustard, Za-tsai, Sichuan preserved vegetable

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil, Stem, Vegetable

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Brassica juncea var. utilis

Chinese mustard

Edible: Flower stalks, Vegetable

Brassica kaber

Wild Mustard, Charlock

Edible: Leaves

Brassica napus

Canola

Edible: Leaves, Oil, Seeds, Flowers

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Brassica napus arvensis - (Lam.)Thell.

Coleseed

Edible: Leaves, Oil, Seed

Brassica napus napobrassica - (L.)Rchb.

Swede

Edible: Leaves, Root

Brassica napus napus

Rape

Edible: Leaves, Oil, Oil

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Brassica napus pabularia - (DC.)Rchb.

Rape Kale

Edible: Leaves, Oil, Oil

Brassica napus var. annua

Summer rape

Edible: Leaves

Brassica napus var. arvensis

Coleseed

Edible: Leaves, Oil, Seeds

Brassica napus var. biennis

Winter rape

Edible: Leaves

Brassica napus var. napobrassica

Swede, Rutabaga, Swedish turnip, Yellow turnip

Edible: Roots, Vegetable, Leaves

Brassica napus var. napus

Rape, Canola, Tori

Edible: Seeds - oil, Leaves, Vegetable

Brassica napus var. pabularia

Curled kitchen kale

Edible: Leaves, Oil, Vegetable

Brassica napus var. sahariensis

Edible: Seeds, Roots, Seeds - oil

Brassica nigra

Black mustard

Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Herb, Spice, Flowers, Vegetable, Oil

Brassica oleracea

Wild cabbage

Edible: Leaves, Flowers

Brassica oleracea 'Dalmeny'

Dalmeny sprouts, Cabbage sprouts

Edible: Shoots, Cabbage

Brassica oleracea acephala

Collards

Edible: Shoots

Brassica oleracea alboglabra - (L.H.Bailey)Musil.

Chinese Kale

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Shoots

Brassica oleracea botrytis

Cauliflower

Edible: Flowers, Leaves

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Brassica oleracea botrytis aparagoides

Nine Star Perennial Broccoli

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Shoots

Brassica oleracea capitata

Cabbage,Ornamental Cabbage, Red Cabbage, Savoy Cabbage

Edible: Leaves, Seed

Brassica oleracea costata

Couve Tronchuda

Edible: Leaves

Brassica oleracea gemmifera

Brussels Sprouts

Edible: Leaves