name: Swede
flavor_db_name_variants: swede
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Swede
id: 28
name_scientific: Brassica napus
description: The swede (from Swedish turnip), rutabaga, turnip, yellow turnip, or neep (Brassica napobrassica, or Brassica napus var. napobrassica, or Brassica napus subsp. rapifera) is a root vegetable that originated as a cross between the cabbage and the turnip. The roots are prepared for human food in a variety of ways, and the leaves can be eaten as a leaf vegetable. The roots and tops are also used as winter feed for livestock, when they may be fed directly, or by allowing the animals to forage the plants in the field.
itis_id: 23060
wikipedia_id: Rutabaga
picture_file_name: 28.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 252530
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:38:44.000Z
legacy_id: 28
food_group: Vegetables
food_subgroup: Root vegetables
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:16.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:14.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 3708
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00028