Gai lan

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Gai lan
Gai lan
Species	Brassica oleracea
Cultivar group	Alboglabra Group
Origin	unknown

Gai lan
"Gai lan" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	芥蘭
Simplified Chinese	芥兰
Hanyu Pinyin	jièlán
Jyutping	gaai3 laan4*2
Literal meaning	mustard orchid
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin jièlán IPA [tɕjê.lǎn] Wu Shanghainese Romanization ka¹lae³ Yue: Cantonese Jyutping gaai3 laan4*2 IPA [kaːi˧.lɐn˩] Southern Min Hokkien POJ keh-nâ
Burmese name
Burmese	ကိုက်လန်
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese	cải làn or cải rổ
Thai name
Thai	คะน้า [kʰā.náː]
RTGS	khana
Khmer name
Khmer	ខាត់ណា

Wikispecies has information related to Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra.

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]