name: Chinese Cabbage
flavor_db_name_variants: chinese cabbage
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Chinese cabbage
id: 35
name_scientific: Brassica rapa
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: 23063
wikipedia_id: Chinese_cabbage
picture_file_name: 35.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 22799
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:44:30.000Z
legacy_id: 37
food_group: Vegetables
food_subgroup: Cabbages
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: 3711
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00035