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Crambe tatarica Sebeók

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Crambe

Characteristics

A cabbage family herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1 m tall and 1 m wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It suits USDA hardiness zones 4-8.
More
Bushy and grassy places, it is also found on chalky slopes.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 4-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

The root is eaten raw. It is also cooked and seasoned with oil, vinegar and salt. It can be dried and ground into a powder and mixed with cereal flours to make bread. The young blanched leaf stalks are eaten raw or cooked.
Uses food oil
Edible leaves roots stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 5
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:281682-1
WFO ID wfo-0000624643
COL ID Z4HD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Crambe caspica Crambe chlorocarpa Crambe laciniata Crambe laevis Crambe dionysopolysi Crambe putaria Crambe biebersteinii Crambe pannonica Crambe tatarica var. hungarica Crambe tatarica var. taurica Crambe tatarica var. biebersteinii Crambe wolgensis Crambe tatarica

Lower taxons

Crambe tatarica var. aspera Crambe tatarica var. parviflora
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