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Bok choy (Brassica campestris, Chinese 白菜 bái cài) is an Asian relative of the common cabbage. The English umbrella term Chinese cabbage usually refers to a type of bok choy, particularly the Pekinensis variety. It is also known as bok choi, particularly in Australia.

1 Varieties

There are two distinctly different groups of Brassica campestris, and a wide range of varieties within these two groups.

The Pekinensis group is the more common of the two, especially outside Asia; names such as da bai cai, pe-tsai, Chinese white cabbage, nappa cabbage and hakusai ( Japanese) usually refer to members of this group. Pekinensis cabbages have broad green leaves with white petioles, tightly wrapped in a cylindrical formation and usually, but not necessarily, forming a compact head. As the group name indicates, this is particularly popular in northern China around Beijing (Peking), as well as in Japan and KoreaKorea is a formerly unified country, situated on the Korean Peninsula in north East Asia adjacent to China in the west and Russia in the north. When World War II ended in 1945, the country was divided into two: the Republic of Korea ( South Korea) and the.

The Chinensis group was originally classified as its own species under the name B. chinensis by LinnaeusCarolus Linnaeus (later, Carl von Linn ( May 23, 1707 January 10, 1778) was a Swedish scientist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. He is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology (see History of ecology). Biography Carl. Smaller in size, the Mandarin term xiao bai cai as well as the descriptive English names Chinese chard, Chinese mustard, celery mustard and spoon cabbage are also employed. Chinensis varieties do not form heads; instead, they have smooth, dark green leaf blades forming a cluster reminiscent of mustardMustard refers to several plants in the genus Brassica which also includes cabbages and turnips, and also it refers to the proverbially tiny mustard seed, used as a spice. Mild white mustard Brassica alba grows wild in North Africa, the Middle East and Me or celeryCelery Apium graveolens L. is a biennial plant belonging to the order Umbelliferae ( Apiales) In its native condition, is known in England as smallage. In its wild state it is common by the sides of ditches and in marshy places, especially near the sea.. Chinensis varieties are popular in southern China and South-East Asia.

Commercial variants of Chinensis include:

• choy sum (菜心 cai xin; also baby bok choy), lit. "vegetable heart", can refer to either a small, delicate version of bok choy or simply the flowering heart of any Chinese cabbage
• Shanghai pak choy (上海白菜 shang hai bai cai) refers to dark green varieties where the varioles are also green