Witnessed by: TCM · Unani

Field mustard / turnip (Brassica rapa), of the Brassicaceae family. Annual or biennial herb, in one form swelling to a turnip root, in another grown for its oily seed; native range: temperate Eurasia; cultivated worldwide as turnip, leaf vegetable and oilseed. Globally recognized as yuntai zi (蕓薹子) · cai zi (菜子) in Chinese, shalgham (the turnip) · tukhm-e-shalgham (the seed) in Urdu, shalgam · sarson in Hindi, and field mustard · turnip · rapeseed in English. The part used is seed (and the turnip root). Small reddish-brown seeds with a pungent, oily taste; the root sweetish and watery.

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