Is cabbage olive?

Cabbage is cultivated all over China, commonly known as "kohlrabi" in Northeast China and "Lotus White" in Yunnan. So, is cabbage an olive dish?

Is the dish olive?

Cabbage is not an olive vegetable. Cabbage is an annual or biennial herb of Cruciferae and Brassica, which is a common vegetable, while olive vegetable is made from olive glycol and plump leaves of mustard. It is a side dish in Guangdong Chaoshan area and belongs to Chaozhou cuisine in Guangdong cuisine.

What are the main varieties of cabbage?

1. Wild cabbage

Biennial or perennial herbs. The lower leaves are large, pinnately parted, with colored veins and stalks; the apical lobe is large, the top is rounded, and the base is cordate. Racemes to 30 cm or more in fruit; flowers pale yellow; sepals oblong, erect; petals Obovate. Siliques cylindric; beak 5-10 mm long, seedless; fruiting pedicel ca. 2 cm; seeds globose, gray-brown. Wild in Britain and the Mediterranean, but not cultivated in China.

2. Cauliflower

Herbs biennial, 60-90 cm tall, farinose. Stem erect, stout, branched. Basal and lower leaves oblong to elliptic; petiole 2-3 cm long; upper leaves of stem smaller and sessile. Racemes terminal and axillary; flowers yellowish, then white. Seeds broadly elliptic, brown. Flowering in April and fruiting in May. Cultivated everywhere. The head body is eaten as a vegetable.

3. Brussels sprouts soup

The stem is stout, erect, 0.5-1 m high, with large soft leaf buds in all leaf axils, 2-3 cm in diameter. Cultivation is occasionally found in major cities in China. Leaf buds are eaten as vegetables.

4. Kale

The leaves are wrinkled, showing white, yellow-green, pink or red-purple colors, with long petioles. There is cultivation in parks in big cities in China. For ornamental plants.

Cabbage is a nutritious vegetable that can be eaten frequently.