Chinese cabbage
Vegetable of the bok choy plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about bok choy and sui choy. For variety parachinensis, the Chinese flowering cabbage, see Choy sum.
Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa, subspecies pekinensis and chinensis) is either of two cultivar groups of leaf vegetables often used in Chinese cuisine: the Pekinensis Group (napa cabbage) and the Chinensis Group (bok choy).
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Chinese cabbage | |
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Species | Brassica rapa |
Cultivar group | Chinensis Group, Pekinensis Group |
Origin | China, before the 15th century |
Cultivar group members | Many; see text |
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These vegetables are both variant cultivars or subspecies of the turnip and belong to the same genus as such Western staples as cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower. Both have many variations in name, spelling, and scientific classification, especially bok choy cultivars.