Edible UsesLeaves and young shoots cooked; An edible oil is obtained from the seed[ Easting the plant has a gentle laxative effect due to its high content of fibre The plant contains 3-methylsulfinylpropyl glucosinolate, which has been shown to reduce the risk of cancer of the lung, stomach, colon and rectum, with a possible reduction in endometrial and ovarian cancer and a decrease in total cancer incidence.
Tierra Agrotech Farm in Gurgaon has long term plan of improving Mustard crop, undertakes breeding of different species, and are growing various species including this one for trials. <http://www.issg.org/database/welcome/> Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Mob: 9810359089 https://sing96.wixsite.com/mysite-1 On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 10:30 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Singh ji, > Why is it cultivated ? > > On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 at 12:50, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *Brassica tournefortii* Gouan, Asian Mustard, Sahara Mustard >> Syn: B. stocksii Hook.f & T. >> Spreading branched annual herb with runcinate-pinnatifid basal and lower >> leaves, margins serrate-dentate, e hairy beneath, petiole 2-10 cm long, >> upper leaves successively smaller, few, oblong or linear, 10-30 mm long, >> 4-8 mm broad, dentate or entire. Racemes 10-20-flowered, lax, increasing up >> to 30 cm in fruit. Flowers 4-7 mm across, pale yellow; pedicel up to 6 cm >> long, increasing up to 20 mm in fruit , spreading. Sepals oblong, obtuse. >> Petals 4-6 mm long, oblong-obovate, apex rounded, pale yellowish, often >> with dark veins. Pods 3-7 cm long, torulose, seeds 6-12 in each locule, >> beak 1-2 cm, 1-seeded. >> Photographed from Tierra Agrotech Farm, Gurugram, Haryana, January 26, >> 2020. >> >> >> >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Mob: 9810359089 >> https://sing96.wixsite.com/mysite-1 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAHiXKpUXsfXeh7UHEu7vQtR_Od97t1rDZV2tmsC9aXqarofKvA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAHiXKpUXsfXeh7UHEu7vQtR_Od97t1rDZV2tmsC9aXqarofKvA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or > Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than > 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAHiXKpVnOdPqz837D8ze7cdrt5H_1yiDgBiEh%3DvHw1uH3OdT3w%40mail.gmail.com.
