White Beet / Sea beet / الشمندر السكري / / البنجر / / سلق

الشمندر / شمندر شائع / الشوندر / الباربة / beet

Beta vulgaris L.

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Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Delicious
Edible part
  • Leaves
  • Tuber
Blooming period
March to June
Foraging period
April to May
Seed collection period
May to August

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Crimson
  • Green
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Beta L.
Family
Amaranthaceae
Wikidata item
Q165191
GBIF Item
Beta vulgaris L. (8971274)

References

  1. Beta vulgaris L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-11-30.
  2. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  3. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  4. عراف، شكري. الأرض، الأنسان، والجهد. الجليل: جليل للتجليد، 1993.
  5. اسحق، جاد، وعيسى اسحق. الحاكورة: دليل عملي للعناية بالحديقة. القدس: معهد الأبحاث التطبيقية - أريج، 1992.
  6. 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.
  7. Łuczaj, Łukasz, Marijana Zovko Končić, Tihomir Miličević, Katija Dolina, and Marija Pandža. “Wild Vegetable Mixes Sold in the Markets of Dalmatia (Southern Croatia).” Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 9, no. 1 (January 3, 2013): 2.
  8. Hadas, Rivka, and Alexandra Sirota. “An Overview of the Goals and Functions of the Israeli Gene Bank for Agricultural Crops.” Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 54, no. 3 (January 1, 2006): 149–56.

Citation

Beta vulgaris L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/888 accessed via barari.org on 2/18/2026.

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