Vegetable
gai lan
Photo description: Leafy green with light green stems and dark green leaves.
| English | gai lan, Chinese broccoli, Chinese kale, white flowering broccoli |
| Scientific | Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra |
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Hong Kong
Cantonese |
芥蘭
gaai3 laan2 |
| Teochew |
芥蘭
kak nga |
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Taiwan
Mandarin |
芥藍菜, 捲葉菜, 格藍菜, 綠葉甘菜, 芥藍
ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄢˊ ㄘㄞˋ , ㄐㄩㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄘㄞˋ , ㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄘㄞˋ , ㄌㄩ ㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄢ ㄘㄞˋ , ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄢˊ |
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China
Mandarin |
芥兰/芥蓝, 百花芥兰/白花芥蓝
Jiè lán, bǎihuā jiè lán |
| Korean |
카이란
kailan |
| Japanese |
カイラン
kairan |
| Malay |
kailan
کايلن |
| Thai |
ผักคะน้า
phàk khanáa |
Taste
savory
bitter
Weight
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Length
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Disambiguation
There's a varietal with reddish stems that's at least present in Teochew speaking regions, as photographed in Mogher.
We are choosing to lead with the Cantonese term in English (gai lan) because it is "the product of Cantonese horticulture and it followed the Cantonese emigrants to Southeast Asia and America" (Food Plants of China, p404).
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