Brassicaceae

Rape

Brassica napus L.

Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Brassica

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Rape: Volza or oilseed rape - habit — Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (89)

aeb: لفت
Arabic: سلجم, لفت, لفت شلجم
Armenian: Սևուկ
arz: سلجم
Asturian: Colza
azb: راپس
Azerbaijani: Raps
ba: Рапс
Bangla: আবাদি সরিষা
Basque: Koltza
Belarusian: Рапс
Bhojpuri: रेपसीड
bo: སྣུམ་ཚལ་
Bosnian: Uljana repica
Bulgarian: Рапица
Cantonese: 油菜
Catalan: Colza, B. napus, Canola, Nap de bou
Chinese: 欧洲油菜, 歐洲油菜, 西洋油菜, 大油菜, 油菜籽, 油麻菜籽, 饲用油菜
Croatian: Uljana repica
cv: Рапсă
Czech: Brukev řepka, Brukev řepka olejka, Řepka olejka, Řepka olejná
Danish: Raps, Rapskager
Dutch: Koolzaad
English: Rape, Oilseed rape, Rapeseed
Esperanto: Kolzo
Estonian: Raps, Õlikaalikas
Finnish: Rapsi, Kaalirapsi, Kevätrapsi, Rapsikakku, Rapsipuriste, Rapsirouhe
French: Colza, Navette, Canola, Colsat
frr: Raps
Galician: Colza, Canola
Georgian: Რაფსი
German: Raps, Colza, Doppel-Null-Raps, Doppelnull-Raps, Kohlraps, Kohlsaat, Rapsfeld, Reps
Greek: Ελαιοκράμβη
Hebrew: לפתית, כרוב הלפת, כרוב הנפוס, ליפתית, קנולה
Hindi: कैनोला
hsb: Rěpik, Raps
Hungarian: Repce
Icelandic: Repja
Igbo: Rapeseed
Indonesian: Canola, Kanola, Rapa, Raps
io: Nabeto, Rapo
Irish: Ráib
Italian: Colza
Japanese: セイヨウアブラナ
kab: Ṛṛus
Kazakh: Raps, Рапс, راپس
Korean: 유채, 유채꽃
kw: Ervinik
Kyrgyz: Рапс
Latvian: Rapsis
lij: Colsa
Lithuanian: Rapsas, Rapsai
Macedonian: Маслодајна репка
Malay: Biji sesawi
Malayalam: റേപ്സീഡ്
Mongolian: Рапс
myv: Репс
Norwegian Bokmål: Raps
Norwegian Nynorsk: Raps
pcd: Cosså, Colzå, Gozo, Gozå, Navioe, Sinse
Persian: کلزا, کُلزا
pms: Ratabach
Polish: Rzepak
Portuguese: Colza, Couve-nabiça
Punjabi: ਰੇਪਸੀਡ
Romanian: Rapiță, Rapiţa, Rapiţă, Rapița
Russian: Рапс
sco: Raps
Serbian: Уљана репица, Uljana repica
Serbian (Latin): Uljana repica
sgs: Rapsos, Rapsā
Slovak: Kapusta repková pravá, Repka olejná
Slovenian: Navadna ogrščica, Navadna ogršcica, Krmna ogrščica, Oljna ogrščica, Repna ogrščica
Spanish: Canola, Colza, Jabena, Jábena, Nabo agreste, Nabo comun, Nabo común, Nabo de Castilla
Sundanese: Kanola, Rapa
Swedish: Raps
szl: Raps
Tatar: Рапс
Thai: ผักกาดก้านขาว
Turkish: Kanola, Kolza
udm: Рапс
Ukrainian: Ріпак, Кольза, Рапс
Uzbek: Raps
vep: Raps
Vietnamese: Cải dầu
Walloon: Golzå
Welsh: Rêp, Erfin gwyllt
wuu: 欧洲油菜
Yiddish: קאנאלא אויל

Synonyms

Brassica campestris f. glauca (Roxb.) Prain
Brassica campestris f. luteoalba Makino
Brassica campestris f. quadrivalvis (Hook.f. & Thomson) Prain
Brassica campestris f. simplex Prain
Brassica campestris f. spontanea Makino
Brassica campestris f. trilocularis (Roxb.) Prain
Brassica campestris subsp. annua Schübl. & G.Martens
Brassica campestris subsp. biennis Schübl. & G.Martens
Brassica campestris subsp. napus (L.) Hook.f.
Brassica campestris var. annua Schübl. & G.Martens
Brassica campestris var. biennis Schübl. & G.Martens
Brassica campestris var. bullatopetsai Makino
Brassica campestris var. dentatopetsai Makino
Brassica campestris var. dichotoma Duthie & Fuller
Brassica campestris var. glauca (Roxb.) Duthie & Fuller
Brassica campestris var. napus (L.) Bab.
Brassica campestris var. nippo-oleifera Makino
Brassica campestris var. oleifera (Moench) Prain
Brassica campestris var. pabularia DC.
Brassica campestris var. quadrivalvis (Hook.f. & Thomson) Duthie & Fuller
Brassica campestris var. trilocularis (Roxb.) Duthie & Fuller
Brassica carinatua var. saharensis A.Chev.
Brassica harmsiana O.E.Schulz
Brassica napus f. alba DC.
Brassica napus f. dissecta Peterm.
Brassica napus f. dolichocarpa O.E.Schulz
Brassica napus f. flava DC.
Brassica napus f. micrantha O.E.Schulz
Brassica napus f. nigricans DC.
Brassica napus f. rubescens Peterm.
Brassica napus subsp. oleifera (DC.) Metzg.
Brassica napus var. aestiva Endl.
Brassica napus var. annua K.Koch
Brassica napus var. arabica O.E.Schulz
Brassica napus var. arvensis (Duchesne) Thell.
Brassica napus var. biennis (Schübl. & Mart.) Rchb.
Brassica napus var. brevirostris Borbás
Brassica napus var. edulis Delile
Brassica napus var. esculenta DC.
Brassica napus var. glauca (Roxb.) O.E.Schulz

and 26 more.

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual, Biennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.