White mustard / خردل أبيض / / خردل بري

خردل / سينابس أبيض

Sinapis alba L.

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Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Flower heads
  • Flowers
Preparation
  • Raw
Blooming period
January to March
Seed collection period
May to July

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Yellow
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Sinapis
Family
Brassicaceae
Wikidata item
Q146202
GBIF Item
Sinapis alba L. (3047621)

References

  1. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  2. عراف، شكري. النباتات في الكتاب المقدس. عكا: مركز الدراسات القروية، 2009.
  3. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  4. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
  5. Licata, Mario, Teresa Tuttolomondo, Claudio Leto, Giuseppe Virga, Giuseppe Bonsangue, Ignazio Cammalleri, Maria Gennaro, and Salvatore La Bella. “A Survey of Wild Plant Species for Food Use in Sicily (Italy).” Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 12

Citation

Sinapis alba L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/2875 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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