Rocket
Habit | herbaceous
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Features: | ✓ | edible |
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Eruca sativa (syn. E. vesicaria subsp. sativa (Miller) Thell., Brassica eruca L.), also known as rocket or arugula, is an edible annual plant. It is a species of Eruca native to the Mediterranean region, from Morocco and Portugal east to Lebanon and Turkey.[1][2] It is closely related to Eruca vesicaria and included by some botanists in that either as a subspecies E. vesicaria subsp. sativa[3] or not distinguished at all;[4] it can be distinguished from E. vesicaria by its early deciduous sepals.[3]
It is an annual plant growing to 20–100 cm tall. The leaves are deeply pinnately lobed with four to ten small lateral lobes and a large terminal lobe. The flowers are 2–4 cm diameter, arranged in a corymb, with the typical Brassicaceae flower structure; the petals are creamy white with purple veins, and the stamens yellow; the sepals are shed soon after the flower opens. The fruit is a siliqua (pod) 12–35 mm long with an apical beak, and containing several seeds (which are edible). The species has a chromosome number of 2n = 22.[2][3][5]
ExpandRead about Rocket in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Cultivation
It typically grows on dry, disturbed ground.
It is used as a leaf vegetable, which looks like a longer leaved and open lettuce. It is rich in vitamin C and potassium[6]. It is frequently cultivated, although domestication cannot be considered complete. It has been grown in the Mediterranean area since Roman times, and is considered an aphrodisiac. Before the 1990s it was usually collected in the wild and was not cultivated on a large scale or researched scientifically. In addition to the leaves, the flowers (often used in salads as an edible garnish), young seed pods and mature seeds are all edible. It has a rich, peppery taste, and has an exceptionally strong flavour for a leafy green.
It is also locally naturalised away from its native range in temperate regions around the world, including northern Europe and North America.[2][7] In India, the mature seeds are known as Gargeer.
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References
- ↑ Med-Checklist: Eruca sativa
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. ISBN 0-340-40170-2
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 Flora of NW Europe: Eruca vesicaria
- ↑ Flora Europaea: Eruca
- ↑ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
- ↑ NutritionData.com, Arugula, Raw
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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