name: Rape
flavor_db_name_variants: rape
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Rape
id: 29
name_scientific: Brassica napus var. napus
description: Rapeseed (Brassica napus), also known as rape, oilseed rape, rapa, rappi, rapaseed (and, in the case of one particular group of cultivars, canola), is a bright yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae (mustard or cabbage family). The name derives from the Latin for turnip, r?pa or r?pum, and is first recorded in English at the end of the 14th century. Older writers usually distinguished the turnip and rape by the adjectives round and long (-rooted), respectively. See also Brassica napobrassica, which may be considered a variety of Brassica napus. Some botanists include the closely related Brassica campestris within B. napus.. Brassica napus is cultivated mainly for its oil-rich seed, the third largest source of vegetable oil in the world.
itis_id: 530955
wikipedia_id: Rapeseed
picture_file_name: 29.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 107459
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:32:03.000Z
legacy_id: 29
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: 138011
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00029