Tartarian breadplant, Tatarian sea kale
Crambe tatarica

Family: Brassicaceae

What it is like

A cabbage family herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1 m tall and 1 m wide.

There are about 20 Crambe species.

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant. It suits USDA hardiness zones 4-8.

Countries/locations it is found in

Austria, Balkans, Bulgaria, Czech, Estonia, Europe, Hungary, Italy, Mediterranean, Romania, Russia, Siberia, Slovakia, Turkey, Türkiye, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

How it is used for food

The root is eaten raw. It is also cooked and seasoned with oil, vinegar and salt. It can be dried and ground into a powder and mixed with cereal flours to make bread. The young blanched leaf stalks are eaten raw or cooked.

It is a commercially cultivated vegetable.

Edible parts

Leaves, root, vegetable

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Crambe biebersteinii Janka; Crambe caspica Raeusch.; Crambe chlorocarpa Kit.; and several others