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Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis L., Sp. pl. 2:667. 1753;
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cauliflower • Assamese: ফুল-কবি ful kobi • Bengali: ফুলকপি fulkopi • Gujarati: ફૂલકોબી phulkobi, ફૂલકોબીજ phulkobij • Hindi: फूल गोभी phul gobhi, फूल कोबी phul kobi • Kannada: ಹೂವುಕೋಸು huvukosu • Konkani: फुल्लावर phullavar, पुल्ल कोसु pulla kosu • Lushai: antam pâr hlâwm, antam pâr hlûm • Malayalam: ഒരിനം മുട്ടക്കോസ് orinam muttakkoos, പൂഗോവീസ് ചീര puugooviis ciira • Manipuri: gobi • Marathi: फ्लावर flower • Nepali: काउलि kauli, फुल्-गोबि phul-gobi • Oriya: phul kobi • Punjabi: ਗੋਭੀ gobhi • Sindhi: گُلَگوبيِ gula gobii • Tamil: பூகோசு pookocu • Telugu: మట్టకోసు mattakosu • Urdu: gul-lahana, پهولکوبي phulkobi;
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Brassicaceae (mustard, or cabbage family) » Brassica oleracea var. botrytis
BRAS-ee-ka — from the classical Latin name for cabbage
awl-lur-RAY-see-uh — edible vegetable bot-RYE-tis — referring to large edible head of crowded white flower buds Distribution: only cultivated
Edible use:
… the flower-head of this plant (as VEGETABLE)
… may be eaten cooked, raw or pickled … Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauliflower%20>
some facts:
… the flower-head is also known as the white curd … technically, aborted floral meristems … in simple words, underdeveloped buds
… cauliflower and broccoli are different varieties of the same species. There are four major groups of cauliflower … Italian … Northwest European biennial … Northern European annuals … Asian
Quoted from Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauliflower> Brassicaceae Week: Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, the white cauliflower from California:
Brassica oleracea – Tanay Bose: – This Phul Gobhi is desi or Canadian – This purely Desi
Brassicaceae Week: Brassica oleracea var. botrytis ‘Cheddar’, the Orange cauliflower from California: This is another beautiful cauliflower I saw today in California.
It has golden yellow or orange heads, has as much as 25 times more beta carotene as compared to white cauliflower. Delicious raw or cooked, is more buttery.
Same vinegar or lemon juice to preserve colour.
Photographed in Farmers’ market in Mountain view, California Yes and looks good too Beautiful pictures! Thanks … for sharing.
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis ‘Graffiti’, the Purple cauliflower
I am seeing for the first time here in California. Cauliflower hybrids developed recently have a variety of colours and popularly known as rainbow cauliflower.
This one with purple head is known as ‘Graffiti’ have high level of anthocyanins, a potent antioxidant.
Photographed in Mountain view Farmers’ Market today.
Hope it soon reaches Indian markets. And if you fear the attractive colour will fade on cooking, add a spoon of vinegar or lemon juice to the cooking water.
Brassicaceae week : Brassica oleracea var. botrytis from Byculla MN061112:
Brassicaceae Week ::190911- PKA11- :: Brassica oleracea var. botrytis:
My guess: Someone might have either painted gential violet (antifungal) or some such dye or may be some such stained mixture of branching hormone was painted on half grown cauliflower… Here are the pictures. Do let us have your inputs. just as I suspected… The cauliflower with indigo colored edges to stalks has been talked about in this thread above… Interesting !!! some kind of pigmentation is taking place. Yes, if and when you get to the entire thread, you can see what I wrote in the beginning… its absence of proper blanching process that must be maintained in horticulture of this vegetable… Potassium permanganate [KMnO4] used for washing vegetables could have imparted this colour especially if left in contact for a period of time.
Species : Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis L ?
Date : 29/01/2012
Place : Hooghly Nice one again, liked it. I invite you to taste a dish of FULKOPI-r BATI CHACHCHORI in my home with some home made bread. I am sure you will love it …:)
Brassicaceae Week: Brassica oleracea var. botrytis ‘Cheddar’, the Orange cauliflower from California: It has golden yellow or orange heads, has as much as 25 times more beta carotene as compared to white cauliflower. Delicious raw or cooked, is more buttery.
Same vinegar or lemon juice to preserve colour.
Photographed in Farmers’ market in Mountain view, California Yes and looks good too
this was one of the first hybrids in USA that they tried selling the idea to general public on the GOOD nature of hybridizing using GMA technology.. this and carotene rich rice…. I wonder what else have they managed to introduce into its gene? Beautiful pictures! Thanks … for sharing.
Brassicaceae Week Java 3:
Could help me id our plant please. Thank you. Is it Brassica oleracea ‘Botrytis’? Yes it is without any doubt
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