{"id":100,"date":"2011-02-08T01:31:47","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T09:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/2011\/02\/08\/monday-magnoliophyte-turnip\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T23:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T06:32:00","slug":"monday-magnoliophyte-turnip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/2011\/02\/08\/monday-magnoliophyte-turnip\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Magnoliophyte: Turnip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>Turnips are root vegetables grown in temperate climate for their white, fleshy taproot. The bulb develops just at the level of the soil, with the above-ground part often being purple or reddish in color. Turnip leaves emerge directly from the top of the root, and are often eaten themselves (sometimes called &#8220;Chinese cabbage&#8221;). Smaller turnips are employed in salads or as garnish (like radishes), while the larger ones are often used as livestock feed. While the root is high in vitamin C, the leaves contain high amounts of vitamins C, A, and K, as well as calcium and folate.<\/p>\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/imgs\/plants\/turnip.jpg\" alt=\"Turnip\"><\/center>\n<center><br>\n\nEudicots; Brassicales; Brassicaceae; <em>Brassica rapa<\/em><\/center>\n<p>The vegetable traces its origin to early Hellenistic times, and it is likely that the hot wild forms were domesticated in Asia Minor. Now it is grown in temperate climates around the world, and has even become incorporated into human culture: Halloween festivals in Ireland and Scotland feature turnip lanterns (<em>Samhnag<\/em>) with carved faces placed in windows to ward off harmful spirits. Food-wise, they can be baked or mashed or put into soups and stews, though I&#8217;ve yet to try many recipes out.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131,"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum-immortal.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}