1.2- Genus Crambe L. + Overview Crambeis a genus of about 37 species of annual and perennialflowering plants in the cabbagefamily Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flowers on (mostly leafless) stems above the basal leaves. Crambe species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the lime-speck pug. + The name The word "crambe" derives, via the Latin crambe, from the Greek κράμβη, a kind of cabbage.
2.2- Important Selected species The genus includes among its important selected species: 1- Crambe abyssinica, grown for an oil from the seeds that has similar characteristics to whale oil. 2- Crambe cordifolia, an herbaceous perennial 3- Crambe maritima (seakale), a halophyte sometimes used as a leaf vegetable Source: Crambe- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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