Bok choy is a vegetable.

• botanical information
• origin
• history
• nutritional information
• Chinese herbology

botanical information:

    Botanical name: Brassica rapa L. ssp. chinensis (L.) Hanelt

    Use the botanical name when ordering seeds (bulbs, etc.) or when looking up information in the library. Common names vary by nation, culture, and region, and sometimes the same common name is applied to different plants.

    Chinese transliteration common name: baak choi, bai cai, bok choy, paak ts’oi, pak choi, pak choy, pe tsai, pe ts’ai
    Danish common name: kinesisk kål
    Dutch common name: Chinese kool, pak choy kool
    English common name: Asian cabbage, Asiatic cabbage, Chinese cabbage, Chinese chard, Chinese mustard, Chinese mustard cabbage, Chinese white mustard cabbage, celery mustard, non-heading Chinese cabbage, pak choi, white cabbage
    Finnish common name: kiinankaali, pinaattikiinankaali
    French common name: chou blette de Chine, chou chinois, chou de Chine non pommé, chou pak choi
    German (Austrian) common name: schmalblättriger China-kohl
    German common name: chinakohl, chinesischer kohl
    Italian common name: cavolo Chinese, cavolo di China
    Norwegian common name: kinakål
    Polish common name: kapusta Chinska
    Portuguese common name: couve chinesa, couve de China
    Russian common name: kapusta Chinskaja
    Spanish common name: col chino, col de China, col de la China
    Swedish common name: kinesisk kål, kinesisk pac choi

origin:

    Origin: China. The name is derived from the Chinese for “soup spoon”, a reference to the plant’s rounded leaves.

history:

    History: Bok choy was used in Chinese cooking by the fifth century C.E.

nutritional information:

    Nutritional values per 100 grams:

• 13 Calories
• 1.5 grams of Protein
• 0.2 grams of Fat
• 2 grams of Carbohydrates
• rich in fiber
• rich in folic acid
• rich in iron
• rich in Vitamin C

Chinese herbalism:

    Chinese gender: yin (cool)

    See also: Chinese cabbage

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