Gai lan

Gai lan
Gai lan
SpeciesBrassica oleracea
Cultivar groupAlboglabra Group
Originunknown
Gai lan
"Gai lan" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese芥蘭
Simplified Chinese芥兰
Hanyu Pinyinjièlán
Jyutpinggaai3 laan4*2
Literal meaningmustard orchid
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinjièlán
IPA[tɕjê.lǎn]
Wu
Shanghainese
Romanization
ka¹lae³
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinggaai3 laan4*2
IPA[kaj˧.lɐn˩]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJkeh-nâ
Burmese name
Burmeseကိုက်လန်
Vietnamese name
Vietnamesecải làn or cải rổ
Thai name
Thaiคะน้า [kʰā.náː]
RTGSkhana
Khmer name
Khmerខាត់ណា

Gai lan, kai-lan, Chinese broccoli,[1] or Chinese kale (Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra)[2] is a leafy vegetable with thick, flat, glossy blue-green leaves with thick stems, and florets similar to (but much smaller than) broccoli. A Brassica oleracea cultivar, gai lan is in the group alboglabra (from Latin albus "white" and glabrus "hairless"). When gone to flower, its white blossoms resemble that of its cousin Matthiola incana or hoary stock. The flavor is very similar to that of broccoli, but noticeably stronger and slightly more bitter.[3]

Gai lan plant growing in a vegetable garden
  1. ^ Patrick J. Cummings; Hans-Georg Wolf (2011). A Dictionary of Hong Kong English: Words from the Fragrant Harbor. Hong Kong University Press. p. 62. ISBN 9789888083305.
  2. ^ "Brassica oleracea L. var. alboglabra (L. H. Bailey) Musil". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Kai-lan – Cuisine of Myanmar (Burma)". Trek Zone. Retrieved 2023-05-10.