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Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

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🗒 Synonyms
synonymBrassica oleracea L. var. botrytis L.
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Cauliflower
Indian Languages
  • Cauliflower
  • Phul-Kobi
Malayalam
  • Cauliflower
Other
  • Cauliflower
  • Phul-Kobi
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb Distribution notes: Exotic
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors
D. Narasimhan
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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Habit: Herb
    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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      Glabrous herbs; stems to 10 cm high. Leaves alternate, usually shallowly lobed; upper ones usually enclosing inflorescence; rachises of young inflorescences and pedicels incrassate forming a dense yellowish white head with abortive flowers and buds. Sepals erect, oblong, obtuse, 8-12 x 2-3 mm. Petals obovate, clawed, 15-20 x 4-6 cm. Stamens erect. Fruits erect or on erecto-patent pedicels, 6-10 cm long including 1-2 cm long; seed often 1- beaked, reticulate.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: November-March
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Contributors
        StatusUNDER_CREATION
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          Miscellaneous Details
          Notes: Western Ghats, Cultivated, Native of Eurasia
          G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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            📚 Habitat and Distribution
            General Habitat
            Cultivated
            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
            AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
            Contributors
            StatusUNDER_CREATION
            LicensesCC_BY
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              Description
              Global Distribution

              Native of Europe

              Indian distribution

              State - Kerala, District/s: Idukki, Palakkad, Wayanad, Kannur, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur

              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Contributors
              StatusUNDER_CREATION
              LicensesCC_BY
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                Maharashtra: Kolhapur Tamil Nadu: Dindigul, Nilgiri
                G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                Contributors
                StatusUNDER_CREATION
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                  📚 Occurrence
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                  📚 Uses and Management
                  📚 Information Listing
                  References
                  1. Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis L., Sp. Pl. 667. 1753; Hajra et al. in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 137. 1993; A.N. Henry & T. Ravish. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 212. 2005.
                  1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                  Information Listing > References
                  1. Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis L., Sp. Pl. 667. 1753; Hajra et al. in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 137. 1993; A.N. Henry & T. Ravish. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 212. 2005.
                  2. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000

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