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Brassica nigra

Authority (L.) Koch. Family Magnoliopsida:Dilleniidae:Capparales:Cruciferae Synonyms Brassica nigra var. abyssinica, Brassica sinapioides, Melanosinapis nigra Common names abba, barna mustarmag, biji savi, black mustard, Braunsenf, brown mustard, bruine mosterd, brunsenap, chou noir, fekete mustármag, gorchítsa chërnyi, gorczyca czarna, haradali, hardal shador, indian mustard, junceamosterd, kadugu, kapusta czarna, kapusta gorczyca, kara hardal, khardal aswad, krishnikaa, kruv shachor, kuro garashi, lal sarsu, mohari, mostarda negra, mostarda preta, mostaza de India, mostaza negra, moster, moustarda, moutarde brune, moutarde de Chine, moutarde de l'Inde, moutarde noire, must kapsasrohi, mustard, mustardo, mustaroskorn, mustasa, mustasinappi, rai, red mustard, sareptamosterd, Schwarz Senf, Schwarzer Senf, senafich, senape nero, Senfkohl, sennep, sinapo, sinaposporos, siyah hardal, sort sennep, spandaan, svartsenap, svartsennep, tohumu, wedlock, yellow mustard, yellow mustard seed, zwarte mosterd Editor Ecocrop code 550

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A herb reaching 1-2 m in height. The leaves are all stalked, up to 16 cm long, and flowers bright yellow, about 8 mm long. USES The seeds are used for mustard. The seeds yield 28% of a fixed oil used in medicines and soaps. GROWING PERIOD Annual. COMMON NAMES Black mustard, French mustard. FURTHER INF Black mustard is native of Euroasia, it is little known in the tropics. Seed yields of up to 1.9 t/ha have been reported. A dry season after the emergence of fruit will hamper the development of seeds, thus causing severe loss of yield.
Sources
SOURCES (B. nigra L.) Roecklein J 1987 pp 381 [USE, TEMP, RAIN, TEXT] Duke J 1975 pp 9 [PH, RAIN, TEMP] Purseglove J 1974 pp 92 [USE] Janick J 1991 pp 384 Hornok L 1992 pp 233-235 [RAIN, KTMP, TEXT, PH, FER, USE]