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

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 3711

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00035