Collard Greens and Turnip Greens?

[Reptile_Maniac]

Hi everyone,

What is the Australian term for collard greens and Turnip Greens?

James

 

[andynic07]

I don't think that we have collard greens here but we do have turnips and I would think that turnip greens would be the green leaves on top of the turnip root.

 

[Senator358]

Collard greens are known as kale here, or at least that is the closest relative. The family of plants is also related to most of the chinese greens you can buy here. Bok choy, choy sum, pak choy, broccoli, cabbage etc.

Turnip greens are, like Andy said, the tops of turnips. They are in the same group of plants as above.

 

[Reptile_Maniac]

A website claims that collard greens are similar to cabbage plants? Shame that kale is not so high in calcium though.

 

[Tigerfloss]

I have been using Kale for a while now as Endive has been hard to get. I feed it to my birds a lot but the reptiles seem to love it too! I've never seen the tops on turnips sold with the turnip itself though, so not sure if anyone else has....?

 

[Reptile_Maniac]

Just rang up Woolworth's and apparently they do stock the tops of turnips.

 

[Tigerfloss]

Oh wow, will have to go and have a look. Thanks for that!

 

[dannydee]

Collard greens are known as kale here, or at least that is the closest relative. The family of plants is also related to most of the chinese greens you can buy here. Bok choy, choy sum, pak choy, broccoli, cabbage etc.

Turnip greens are, like Andy said, the tops of turnips. They are in the same group of plants as above.

Collard greens are also known as spring greens. It is not kale.

This is a very informative website....
Nutrition Content

 

[Senator358]

Collard greens are also known as spring greens. It is not kale.

This is a very informative website....
Nutrition Content

Re-read my post mate. At which point did I say it WAS kale?

You may get spring greens and collard greens there but, we don't get them here so I pointed out the closest relative.

 

[dannydee]

Collard greens are known as kale here, or at least that is the closest relative. The family of plants is also related to most of the chinese greens you can buy here. Bok choy, choy sum, pak choy, broccoli, cabbage etc.

Turnip greens are, like Andy said, the tops of turnips. They are in the same group of plants as above.

Re-read my post mate. At which point did I say it WAS kale?

You may get spring greens and collard greens there but, we don't get them here so I pointed out the closest relative.

Your first sentence.

I probably should have read the rest of your post though.

 

[user 30368]

Endive is the next best thing

 

[Senator358]

Your first sentence.

I probably should have read the rest of your post though.

Lol...a sentence ends with a full stop, not a comma.

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Endive is the next best thing

Personally I think Bok choy is the best alternative since it is high in calcium, protein, B vitamins, magnesium and fibre.

Endives are nearly as good though but more expensive.

 

[pinefamily]

Most of the kale we get here is bitter, and our beardies don't like it. But they do love the choys.

 

[andynic07]

Most of the kale we get here is bitter, and our beardies don't like it. But they do love the choys.

My beardie loves all of the choys as well and I mix through carrot , pumpkin and beans.

 

[Skeptic]

My bear die loves all of the choys as well and I mix through carrot , pumpkin and beans.

Sorry to hear about your bear

 

[Bluetongue1]

This is something I have been wondering about, so I did a bit research. Kale, Collard Greens and Spring Greens (Acephala group) are all leaf vegetable varieties derived from the wild cabbage, Brassica oleracea. This is a remarkable plant species as different parts of the plant shoot system have been developed over centuries of careful breeding, based on artificial selection, to produce really structurally diverse varieties of the plant. Briefly, these are the parts that have been expanded in various cultivars:

Leaves – Kale; Collard Greens; Spring Greens; Chinese Broccoli; Kai-lan
Terminal bud – Cabbage; Red Cabbage; Savoy cabbage
Axillary (lateral) buds – Brussels Sprouts
Stem – Kohlrabi
Inflorescences – Broccoli; Cauliflower; Broccoflower; Broccoli Sprouts; Broccolini; Romanesco Broccoli

Some are more suited to certain climates and tend to be found in some countries but not others. There are also different forms of many of these varieties... yet they are all the one species of the one plant!

Blue

 

[pinefamily]

There must be some differences between the varieties as cabbage is no good but kale collard greens and broccoli are fine for reptiles.

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