name: Pak Choy
flavor_db_name_variants: pak choy
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Pak choy
id: 252
name_scientific: Brassica rapa var. chinensis
description: Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa, subspecies pekinensis and chinensis) can refer to two distinct varieties of Chinese leaf vegetables often used in Chinese cuisine: Pekinensis (napa cabbage) and Chinensis (bok choi). These vegetables are both variant cultivars or subspecies of the turnip and belong to the same genus as such Western staples as cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower. Both have many variations in name, spelling, and scientific classification?especially the bok choy (B. rapa chinensis) variety.
itis_id: null
wikipedia_id: Pak_choy
picture_file_name: 252.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 77361
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:28:58.000Z
legacy_id: 269
food_group: Vegetables
food_subgroup: Cabbages
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:28.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:20.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 93385
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00252