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[[File:Map Brassica carinata.gif|thumb|distribution in Africa (planted and naturalized)]][[File:Linedrawing Brassica carinata.gif|thumb|1, habit of young plant; 2, flowering and fruiting branch; 3, fruit. Redrawn and adapted by Iskak Syamsudin]][[File:Brassica carinata 42 RRS.jpg|thumb|plant habit]][[File:Brassica carinata 43 RRS.jpg|thumb|the distinctly broad siliques]][[File:Brassica carinata 44 RRS.jpg|thumb|Ethiopian kale in homegarden]]
<big>''[[Brassica carinata]]'' A.Br.</big>
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:Protologue: Flora 24: 267 (1841).
== Synonyms ==
*''Brassica integrifolia'' (H.West) Rupr. var. ''carinata'' (A.Braun) O.E.Schulz (1919).
== Vernacular names ==
*Ethiopian kale, Ethiopian mustard, Ethiopian rape, Abyssinian mustard (En). *Chou éthiopien, moutarde d’Abyssinie (Fr). *Figiri (Sw).
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
== Description ==
*Erect, annual or occasionally biennial or perennial herb up to 150(–200) cm tall, usually branched, glabrous to slightly hairy at stem and petiole bases, slightly glaucous; taproot strong. *Leaves alternate, usually simple, lower ones sometimes with 1 pair of small side lobes at base; stipules absent; all leaves with short petiole; blade obovate, up to 20 cm × 10 cm, double-crenulate but upper ones often more or less entire. *Inflorescence initially a rather loose umbel-like raceme but soon elongating, up to 50 cm long. *Flowers bisexual, regular, 4-merous; pedicel ascending, 5–12 mm long; sepals oblong, 4–6(–7) mm long, green; petals obovate, 6–10 mm long, clawed, pale to bright yellow; stamens 6; ovary superior, cylindrical, 2-celled, stigma globose. *Fruit a linear silique 2.5–6 cm × 2–3.5 mm, often somewhat constricted between the seeds, with a conical beak 2–6(–7) mm long, dehiscent, up to 20-seeded. *Seeds globose, 1–1.5 mm in diameter, finely reticulated, pale to dark brown. *Seedling with epigeal germination, with a strong main root and fibrous lateral roots; hypocotyl 2–3 cm long, epicotyl very short; cotyledons broadly obovate, c. 2.5 cm long, dark green.
== Other botanical information ==
== Author(s) ==
* N.A. Mnzava, Oleris Consultancy, P.O. Box 1371, Arusha, Tanzania
== Correct citation of this article ==
Mnzava, N.A. & Schippers, R.R., 2007. '''Brassica carinata''' A.Braun. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. van der Vossen, H.A.M. & Mkamilo, G.S. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>.
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