Cabbage is a leafy green, red, or white biennial plant. It is grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads. Cabbage weights generally range from 500 to 1,000 grams. Smooth-leafed, firm-headed green cabbages are the most common.
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Cabbage is a leafy green, red, or white biennial plant. It is grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads. Cabbage weights generally range from 500 to 1,000 grams. Smooth-leafed, firm-headed green cabbages are the most common. World production of cabbage and other brassicas for 2018 was 69 million tonnes, with China accounting for 48% of the total. Cabbages can be prepared many different ways for eating; they can be pickled, fermented, steamed, stewed, sautéed, braised, or eaten raw. C cabbage is a good source of vitamin K, vitamin C and dietary fiber. It was most likely domesticated somewhere in Europe before 1000 BC, although savoys were not developed until the 16th century AD. As of 2012, the heaviest cabbage was 62. 71 kilograms. Cabbage heads are generally picked during the first year of the plant’s life cycle, but plants intended for seed are allowed to grow a second year and must be kept separate from other cole crops to prevent cross-pollination. The varietal epithet capitata is derived from the Latin word for \”having a head\”. Cabbage var. tuba, var. sabauda or var. acephala) is a member of the genus Brassica and the mustard family, Brassicaceae. Several other cruciferous vegetables ) are cultivars of B. oleracea, including broccoli, collard greens, brussels sprouts, kohlrabi and sprouting broccoli.
All of these developed from the wild cabbage B. oleracea var. oleracea, also called colewort or field cabbage. This original species evolved over thousands of years into those seen today, as selection resulted in cultivars having different characteristics, such as large leaves for kale and thick stems with flower buds for broccoli. The original family name of brassicas was Cruciferae, which derived from a flower petal pattern thought by medieval Europeans to resemble a crucifix. The word brassica derives from bresic, a Celtic word for cabbage. Many European and Asiatic names for cabbage are from the Celto-Slavic root cap or kap, meaning \”head\”. It is also a part of common names for several unrelated species. These include cabbage bark or cabbage tree and cabbage palms, which include several genera of palms such as Mauritia, Roystonea olerace, Acrocomia and Euterpe oenocarpus. The first leaves produced are ovate with a lobed petiole. Plants are 40–60cm tall in their first year at the mature vegetative stage, and 5–2–m tall when flowering in the second year. About 90 percent of the root mass is the upper mass in the upper 20cm–30cm mass. Most cabbage varieties have thick, alternating, alternating leaves with wavy margins that range from wavy to highly dissected or dissected.
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