Brassicaceae Week * Brassica juncea * (L.) Czern. *BRAS-ee-ka* -- from the classical Latin name for cabbage *JUN-kee-uh* -- rush-like
*commonly known as*: brown mustard, Indian mustard, leaf mustard • *Assamese *: jatilai • *Bengali*: সর্ষপ sarsapa • *Hindi*: सर्षप sarshap, सरसों sarson • *Kannada*: ಸಾಸಿವೆ saasive, ಸರ್ಷಪ sarshapa • *Kashmiri*: सर्शफ् sarshaph • *Konkani*: सास्सम sassama • *Malayalam*: സര്ഷപം sarshapam • * Manipuri*: hangam • *Marathi*: मोहरी mohari, राई rai • *Sanskrit*: राजिका rajika, सर्षप sarshapa • *Tamil*: கடுகு katuku • *Telugu*: సర్షపము sarsapamu, సాసువులు sasuvulu • *Urdu*: سرشف sarshaf *Distribution*: widely naturalized; widely cultivated *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FMustard.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf0VZjerMriTvLrkEdQjjf0NL5AqQ>• Wikipedia<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBrassica_juncea&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeCP7_uOF8hQ9866y0rCb2YJg3cHg>• ENVIS - FRLHT<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fenvis.frlht.org.in%2Fbotanical_search.php%3Ftxtbtname%3Dbrassica%2Bjuncea%26gesp%3D355%257CBrassica%2Bjuncea%2B%2528L.%2529%2BCZERN.%2BSSP.%2BJUNCEA&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcl48VHES5OCH2PfZBZw-tKbYxToQ> at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra on 15 NOV 08 [image: Sarsapa (Bengali: সর্ষপ)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3032614360%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeg-dvZOLkJek5FBu_GFcaWxTmCVg> [image: Sarsapamu (Telugu: సర్షపము)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3031211659%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdtWdWS0GzNdFk7mYCZJs3Z4j9yDA> [image: Katuku (Tamil: கடுகு)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3032054188%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfgxUBRbnClwpMX7caM2kgZZMVF7w> [image: Sarshapam (Malayalam: സര്ഷപം)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3031209165%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzftGpQhz0w3rHiZT4f3CFgjwjEtng> [image: Saasive (Kannada: ಸಾಸಿವೆ)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3032058220%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzevci0vc1CXDFolVeHgPPkJvDuNxA> Regards. Dinesh --
