BjuIR: Brassica juncea information resource

Germplasm	Scientific name	Crop use	Origin	Morphological characteristics
Multiceps	Brassica juncea var multiceps	Leaf	China, Jiangxi	An important brassicaceous crop, often called "pickled cabbage", provides various dietary essential nutrients and bioactive phytochemicals, making it a widely cultivated and freshly eaten leafy vegetable in China.
Rugose	Brassica juncea var rugose	Leaf	China, Guangdong	Often called cabbage leaf mustard, is an annual plany with slender, cylindric taproot, and the basal leaves have a slender, nonfleshy stalk. It not only can be cultivated for seed oil, but also for medicine, vegetable, and condiment.
Capitata	Brassica juncea Capitata	Leaf	unknown	As cruciferae Brassica biennial herbs, its leaf balls and leaves are the main edible parts. This plant have many advantages, such as, short growth period, cold resistance, high yield, annual cultivation.
Latipa	Brassica juncea Latipa	Leaf	unknown	Commonly known as bamboo shoots, green cabbage, is the main raw material of the world-famous Sichuan pickled cabbage. It has wide petiole, fat middle rib, and a certain spicy taste.
Tumida	Brassica juncea var tumida T84-66	Stem	China, Zhejiang	Is known as "big-stem mustard" or "swollen-stem mustard" for its knobby, swollen green stem.
Megarthiza	Brassica juncea var Megarthiza	Root	unknown	Is known as "root mustard", "large-root mustard", "tuberous-root mustard" for its fleshy root. The bottom of its root usually has a majority of fibrous roots.