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Sinapis<\/i> alba<\/i> L., Sp. Pl. 668 1753<\/i>. (Syn: Bonannia<\/i> officinalis<\/i> C.Presl<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Brassica<\/i> alba<\/i> (L.) Rabenh.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Brassica<\/i> foliosa<\/i> (Willd.) Samp.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Brassica<\/i> hirta<\/i> Moench<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Crucifera<\/i> lampsana<\/i> E.H.L.Krause<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Eruca<\/i> alba<\/i> (L.) Noulet<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Leucosinapis<\/i> alba<\/i> (L.) Spach<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Napus<\/i> leucosinapsis<\/i> K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Raphanus<\/i> albus<\/i> (L.) Crantz<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Rhamphospermum<\/i> album<\/i> (L.) Andrz. ex Rchb.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Sinapis<\/i> alba<\/i> var.<\/span> alba<\/i> <\/font><\/span><\/a>; Sinapis<\/i> alba<\/i> subsp.<\/span> alba<\/i> <\/font><\/span><\/a>; Sinapis<\/i> alba<\/i> var.<\/span> melanosperma<\/i> Alef.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Sinapis<\/i> foliosa<\/i> Willd.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>);<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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White mustard<\/b> (Sinapis alba<\/i>) is an annual plant<\/font><\/a> of the family Brassicaceae<\/font><\/a>. It is sometimes also referred to as Brassica alba<\/i> or B. hirta<\/i>. Grown for its seeds, <\/font>mustard<\/font><\/a>, as fodder crop or as a <\/font>green manure<\/font><\/a>,<\/font> it is now widespread worldwide, although it probably originated in the Mediterranean region.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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The yellow flowers of the plant produce hairy seed pods, with each pod containing roughly a half dozen seeds. These seeds are harvested just prior to the pods becoming ripe and bursting.<\/font><\/div>\n
White mustard seeds are hard round seeds, usually around 1 to 1.5 millimetres in diameter,[<\/span>1]<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/sup> with a color ranging from beige or yellow to light brown. <\/font>They can be used whole for pickling or toasted for use in dishes. When ground and mixed with other ingredients, a paste or more standard <\/font>condiment<\/font><\/a> can be produced.<\/font><\/div>\n
The seeds contain <\/font>sinalbin<\/font><\/a>, which is a <\/font>thioglycoside<\/font><\/a> responsible for their pungent taste. White mustard has fewer <\/font>volatile oils<\/font><\/a> and the flavor is considered to be milder than that produced by <\/font>black mustard<\/font><\/a> seeds.[citation needed<\/span><\/a><\/i>]<\/font><\/sup><\/font><\/div>\n
In Greece, the plant’s leaves can be eaten during the winter, before it blooms. Greeks call it vrouves<\/i> or lapsana<\/i>.<\/font><\/div>\n
The blooming season of this plant (February-March)<\/font> is celebrated with the Mustard Festival, a series of festivities in the Wine Country of California (Napa and Sonoma counties).<\/div>\n

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Sinapis alba from Delhi-GSMAR-3<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments<\/span> (3<\/span>). <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Sinapis alba<\/i><\/b> L., Sp. Pl. 2: 668. 1753.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
syn: <\/span>Brassica alba<\/i> (L.) Rabenh.; <\/span>B. hirta<\/i> Moench.<\/span><\/font>
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White mustard, safed sarson<\/b><\/font><\/span>
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Cultivated herb with lower leaves on up to 6 cm long petiole, lyrate pinnatisect with large often 3-lobed terminal lobe, upper leaves short petioled, unequally lobed; flowers yellow in many-flowered raceme elongating to about 30 cm in fruit; sepals slightly spreading; petals 7-12 mm long, obovate; fruit 2-4 cm long including half as long beak, valves hispid; seeds pale brown.<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
Seeds used as condiment and for extraction of vegetable oil.<\/font> <\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
Photographed <\/font>from IARI PUSA, New Delhi.<\/font><\/font> <\/p>\n
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Sinapis alba L., Sp. Pl. 668 1753. (Syn: Bonannia officinalis C.Presl; Brassica alba (L.) Rabenh.; Brassica foliosa (Willd.) Samp.; Brassica hirta Moench; Crucifera lampsana E.H.L.Krause; Eruca alba (L.) Noulet; Leucosinapis alba (L.) Spach; Napus leucosinapsis K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.; Raphanus albus (L.) Crantz; Rhamphospermum album (L.) Andrz. ex Rchb.; Sinapis alba…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[7437],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1337989","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-sinapis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1337989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1337989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1337989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1337989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1337989"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1337989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}