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Brassica juncea L. Czern. [family CRUCIFERAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 1, page 181, (1960) Author: A. W. Exell
Names
Brassica juncea L. Czern. [family CRUCIFERAE], Consp. Pl. Chark.: 8 (1859). — Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 65 (1868). — O. E. Schulz in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV, 105, 1: 55 (1919). — Burtt Davy, F.P.F.T. 1: 128 (1926). — Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1 1: 51 (1937). — Robyns & Boutique, F.C.B. 2: 530 (1951). TAB. 28 fig. B. Type from Asia.
Sinapis juncea L. [family CRUCIFERAE], Sp. Pl. 2: 668 (1753). Type as above.
Information
Annual herb 60–70 cm. tall with purplish nearly glabrous stems. Leaves stalked, lyrate-pinnatifid to nearly entire, somewhat glaucous. Flowers pale yellow with pedicels up to 8 mm. long in terminal racemes. Sepals somewhat spreading. Petals 4, 5–9 mm. long. Stamens 6. Silique 2.5–5 cm. long (usually about 3 cm. in our material), narrowly cylindric, valves with reticulate nervation, with a tapering, seedless beak 5–10 mm. long, at its tip narrower than the stigma. Seeds 1–1.3 mm. in diam., subspherical, yellowish- or reddish-brown.
Habitat
Probably escapes from cultivation.
Range
Native of Asia.
Distribution
Malawi S Ncheu Distr., Lower Kirk Range, Chipusiri, fl. & fr. 17.iii.1955, E.M. & W. 942 (BM; LISC; SRGH).Malawi C Angoniland, fl. & fr. 1901, Sharpe 77 (K).Mozambique Z Zimbo, R. Chinde, fl. 11.vii.1889, Sarmento 103 (COI).Malawi N Masuku Plateau, fl. & fr. vii.1896, Whyte (K).Zimbabwe C Marandellas, fl. & fr. 30.i.1942, Dehn 585 (SRGH).
Notes
Indian or Chinese Mustard.Our specimens would probably come under subsp. integrifolia (West) Thell. (see under Brassica integrifolia (West) O. E. Schulz, tom. cit.: 58 (1918), where a specimen from Zomba is cited, and see also Suesseng. in Proc. & Trans. Rhod. Sci. Ass. 43: 87 (1951) but the infra-specific taxa are not always very distinct in this species.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 1, page 181, (1960) Author: A. W. Exell
Names
Brassica juncea L. Czern. [family CRUCIFERAE], Consp. Pl. Chark.: 8 (1859). — Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 65 (1868). — O. E. Schulz in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV, 105, 1: 55 (1919). — Burtt Davy, F.P.F.T. 1: 128 (1926). — Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1 1: 51 (1937). — Robyns & Boutique, F.C.B. 2: 530 (1951). TAB. 28 fig. B. Type from Asia.
Sinapis juncea L. [family CRUCIFERAE], Sp. Pl. 2: 668 (1753). Type as above.
Information
Annual herb 60–70 cm. tall with purplish nearly glabrous stems. Leaves stalked, lyrate-pinnatifid to nearly entire, somewhat glaucous. Flowers pale yellow with pedicels up to 8 mm. long in terminal racemes. Sepals somewhat spreading. Petals 4, 5–9 mm. long. Stamens 6. Silique 2.5–5 cm. long (usually about 3 cm. in our material), narrowly cylindric, valves with reticulate nervation, with a tapering, seedless beak 5–10 mm. long, at its tip narrower than the stigma. Seeds 1–1.3 mm. in diam., subspherical, yellowish- or reddish-brown.
Habitat
Probably escapes from cultivation.
Range
Native of Asia.
Distribution
Malawi S Ncheu Distr., Lower Kirk Range, Chipusiri, fl. & fr. 17.iii.1955, E.M. & W. 942 (BM; LISC; SRGH).Malawi C Angoniland, fl. & fr. 1901, Sharpe 77 (K).Mozambique Z Zimbo, R. Chinde, fl. 11.vii.1889, Sarmento 103 (COI).Malawi N Masuku Plateau, fl. & fr. vii.1896, Whyte (K).Zimbabwe C Marandellas, fl. & fr. 30.i.1942, Dehn 585 (SRGH).
Notes
Indian or Chinese Mustard.Our specimens would probably come under subsp. integrifolia (West) Thell. (see under Brassica integrifolia (West) O. E. Schulz, tom. cit.: 58 (1918), where a specimen from Zomba is cited, and see also Suesseng. in Proc. & Trans. Rhod. Sci. Ass. 43: 87 (1951) but the infra-specific taxa are not always very distinct in this species.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 1, page 181, (1960) Author: A. W. Exell
Names
Brassica juncea L. Czern. [family CRUCIFERAE], Consp. Pl. Chark.: 8 (1859). — Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 65 (1868). — O. E. Schulz in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV, 105, 1: 55 (1919). — Burtt Davy, F.P.F.T. 1: 128 (1926). — Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1 1: 51 (1937). — Robyns & Boutique, F.C.B. 2: 530 (1951). TAB. 28 fig. B. Type from Asia.
Sinapis juncea L. [family CRUCIFERAE], Sp. Pl. 2: 668 (1753). Type as above.
Information
Annual herb 60–70 cm. tall with purplish nearly glabrous stems. Leaves stalked, lyrate-pinnatifid to nearly entire, somewhat glaucous. Flowers pale yellow with pedicels up to 8 mm. long in terminal racemes. Sepals somewhat spreading. Petals 4, 5–9 mm. long. Stamens 6. Silique 2.5–5 cm. long (usually about 3 cm. in our material), narrowly cylindric, valves with reticulate nervation, with a tapering, seedless beak 5–10 mm. long, at its tip narrower than the stigma. Seeds 1–1.3 mm. in diam., subspherical, yellowish- or reddish-brown.
Habitat
Probably escapes from cultivation.
Range
Native of Asia.
Distribution
Malawi S Ncheu Distr., Lower Kirk Range, Chipusiri, fl. & fr. 17.iii.1955, E.M. & W. 942 (BM; LISC; SRGH).Malawi C Angoniland, fl. & fr. 1901, Sharpe 77 (K).Mozambique Z Zimbo, R. Chinde, fl. 11.vii.1889, Sarmento 103 (COI).Malawi N Masuku Plateau, fl. & fr. vii.1896, Whyte (K).Zimbabwe C Marandellas, fl. & fr. 30.i.1942, Dehn 585 (SRGH).
Notes
Indian or Chinese Mustard.Our specimens would probably come under subsp. integrifolia (West) Thell. (see under Brassica integrifolia (West) O. E. Schulz, tom. cit.: 58 (1918), where a specimen from Zomba is cited, and see also Suesseng. in Proc. & Trans. Rhod. Sci. Ass. 43: 87 (1951) but the infra-specific taxa are not always very distinct in this species.
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