Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra - Chinese Broccoli

Edible Portion: Flowers, Leaves, Stems, Vegetable

A cabbage plant with a single fleshy stem. Although it keeps growing from year to year it is normally grown as an annual. It grows 45 cm high and spreads 40 cm across. The leaves are dark green and rounded on long stems. Plants start to flower when 10 leaves are present. Flowers are white but there are varieties with yellow flowers. There are several named cultivars.

Common Names: Chinese Kale, Chinese broccoli, White flowered broccoli, Berza, Fat-shan, Gai lan choi, Gai lan, Gailarn, Jie-lan,Kaai laan tsoi, Kailaan, Kai-lan

Synonyms: 
Brassica alboglabra L. H. Bailey;

Now Brassica oleracea (Alboglabra group)