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Napa cabbage
Sign in to saveAlso known as Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, Pe tsay, petsai, pe-tsai, Chinese cabbage, Chinese leaf, wombok
subspecies of plant in the genus Brassica
Key facts
- Species
- Brassica rapa
- Cultivar group
- Pekinensis Group
- Origin
- China, before the 15th century
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, or Brassica rapa Pekinensis Group) is a type of Chinese cabbage originating near the Beijing region of China that is widely used in East Asian cuisine. Since the 20th century, it has also become a widespread crop in Europe, the Americas, and Australia. In much of the world, it is referred to as "Chinese cabbage".
Names
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Napa cabbage” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.