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| Wild Mustard, uncultivated |
This amazing plant is cultivated to make cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, savoy, kohlrabi and Chinese kale.
Wikipedia has some good quality pictures of which my favorite is shown below.
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| Tree Cabbage |
Though it may be ridiculous looking, this species makes up a huge portion of the vegetables we eat and should eat more of. Both kale and collard greens, which many people understand are superfoods, are actually
cultivars of this species. In my
previous post, I discussed some foods that are high in nutrient density. All the cultivars of Brassica oleracea are on this list except for
Savoy and Chinese kale. I was unable to find reliable nutrition information for Chinese kale, meaning it may not be on the list is because it is relatively unknown. Savoy has a similar nutrient composition to broccoli so it can be considered of similar caliber.
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