Green mustard plant category
Green mustard is thorn mustard, it has many aliases, such as fragrant thorn caper, line caper, four-pronged pole artemisia, false Sue, it belongs to the family of Labiatae, thorn mustard genus of perennial plants.
The role of green mustard
The main ingredient of green mustard is horseradish, horseradish is a rare green plant, containing natural mustard seed glycosides, the mustard seed enzyme in this substance meets water in a certain temperature, acidity conditions under the action of the enzyme will occur melons, generating bactericidal and bacteriostatic function factor isothiocyanic acid allyl ester.
Allyl isothiocyanate has a very good bactericidal sterilization efficacy, can inhibit the growth and reproduction of bacteria, seafood products in a variety of bacteria have a very strong killing power, can kill cholera bacteria, and therefore will see a lot of people in the eating seafood, next to the mustard sauce will be placed.
Green mustard growing place
Thorn mustard is very adaptable, like light enough, more growth in warm and humid environment, the adaptability of the soil is very strong, the general soil can be planted, but in the deep, fertile, loose soil planting is preferable, high temperature and rainy season is afraid of stagnant water, short-term stagnation of water will cause death.
Green mustard from south-central Europe through Afghanistan, eastward has been distributed to Japan, in the Americas and southern Africa and wild varieties, our country is mainly produced from Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi and other places.
Looks and pictures of Green Mustard
Green Mustard is a perennial plant with a strong stem, woody at the base, nearly 4-angled, obtuse at the upper part, with shallow grooves, covered with white pubescence, and more branches, 40-150 cm tall, with ovate to triangular heart-shaped leaf blades, obtuse to acute at the front, and generally heart-shaped to truncate at the base.