Komatsuna🌼

A leafy vegetable in the cabbage family. Developed around the Komatsugawa area of Edo-period Tokyo, and named after it. Has a mild flavor and is essential in Kanto-style zoni (New Year's soup). A cultivar of Brassica rapa, the same species as turnip and napa cabbage. Known as 'KOMATSUNA' internationally.

Identification Points

• ✓Dark green, tender, ovate to oblong leaves
• ✓Non-heading, grows in a clumping rosette
• ✓Yellow 4-petaled flowers in spring (when bolting)

Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification

Phylogenetic Positionアブラナ科 →