Abyssinian Mustard / كَرَنب إسباني /

Spanish Colewort /

Crambe hispanica L.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
January to April
Seed collection period
March to June

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • White
Leaf type
  • Dissected
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Crambe L.
Family
Brassicaceae
Wikidata item
Q14945840
GBIF Item
Crambe hispanica L. (5373475)

References

  1. Crambe hispanica L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-08-01.

Citation

Crambe hispanica L. in Barari platform (2025). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/828 accessed via barari.org on 12/26/2025.

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