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Brassica nigra (Black Mustard)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Brassica nigra (black mustard) ( Sanskrit : राजक्षवक, rajakshavak ; Marathi :काळी मोहरी, Kali Mohari ) is an annual plant cultivated for its seeds, which are commonly used as a spice.
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Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  When eaten in large quantities, the seed and pods have sometimes proved toxic to grazing animals;
Lifespan [1]  Annual
Pollinators [1]  Bees, Flies
Scent [1]  The flowers have a pleasing perfume, though this is only noticed if several flowers are inhaled at the same time.
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [1]  A semi-drying oil is obtained from the seed, as well as being edible it is also used as a lubricant, illuminant and in making soap; The plant is often grown as a green manure, it is very fast, producing a bulk suitable for digging into the soil in about 8 weeks; Not very winter hardy, it is generally used in spring and summer. It does harbour the pests and diseases of the cabbage family so is probably best avoided where these plants are grown in a short rotation and especially if club root is a problem. Mustard oil (allyl isothiocyanate) is used in commercial cat and dog repellent mixtures;
Height [1]  3.936 feet (1.2 m)
Width [1]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [2]  Moist
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Parasitized by 
Erysiphe cruciferarum[6]
Hyaloperonospora parasitica[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0