What is Gai lan?
{{Infobox Cultivar | name = Gai lan | image = Gai lan.jpg | image_caption = Gai lan | species = [[Brassica oleracea]] | group = '''Alboglabra Group''' | origin = unknown }} '''Chinese broccoli''' ('''''Brassica oleracea''''' '''var.''' '''''alboglabra''''') is a leaf [[vegetable]]. It has thick, flat, glossy blue-green [[leaves]]. It also has thick [[Stem|stems]], and [[Floret|florets]] similar to [[broccoli]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brassica oleracea L. var. alboglabra (L. H. Bailey) Musil GRIN-Global|url=https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=7670|access-date=2021-05-12|website=npgsweb.ars-grin.gov}}</ref> It is also called '''Chinese kale''', '''Gai lan''', '''kai-lan''', or '''jie lan'''. It is a variety of ''[[Brassica oleracea]]''. It's cultivar group is ''alboglabra''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/768121220|title=A dictionary of Hong Kong English : words from the fragrant harbor|last=Cummings|first=Patrick Jean|date=2011|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|others=Hans-Georg Wolf|isbn=978-988-8053-81-0|location=Hong Kong|oclc=768121220}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Biology-stub}} [[Category:Leaf vegetables]] [[Category:Brassica oleracea]]