I-Brassica nigra, eyaziwa nangokuthi yi-black mustard, isitshalo esilinywe izinkulungwane zeminyaka ukuze sisetshenziswe ekuphekeni nasekusetshenzisweni kokwelapha. Lesi sihloko sizohlola umlando kanye nokusetshenziswa kwamanje kwe-Brassica nigra, izidingo zayo zokukhula, nokubaluleka kwayo embonini yesimanje yezolimo.
I-Brassica nigra isitshalo esingesomndeni wakwa-Brassicaceae, ohlanganisa nezinye izitshalo ezifana ne-broccoli, i-cauliflower, neklabishi. Lesi sitshalo sitshalwa kabanzi ezingxenyeni ezihlukahlukene zomhlaba, kanti iNdiya ingumkhiqizi omkhulu kunabo bonke. Lesi sitshalo siwunyaka wenkathi epholile futhi singatshalwa ezinhlobonhlobo zenhlabathi, nakuba sikhula kahle emhlabathini ovulekile, ovundile.
Isinaphi esimnyama sisetshenziswe amakhulu eminyaka ngezindawo zayo zokwelapha nezokupheka. Emithi yesintu, isetshenziswa ekwelapheni izifo ezifana ne-rheumatism, isifuba somoya kanye nokukhwehlela. Ibuye isetshenziswe ekukhiqizeni ama-condiments afana nesinaphi, nanjengesinongo ezitsheni ezihlukahlukene.
Ezikhathini zanamuhla, i-Brassica nigra ibaluleke kakhulu embonini yezolimo ngenxa yokuguquguquka kwayo kanye nokuqina kwayo. Lesi sitshalo sisetshenziswa ekukhiqizeni ama-biofuels, njengesitshalo sokumboza ukuvimbela ukuguguleka komhlabathi, nanjengomquba oluhlaza wokuthuthukisa izinga lomhlabathi. Ukwengeza, lwesinaphi esimnyama siwumthombo obalulekile wamafutha namaprotheni, okwenza kube isitshalo esibalulekile embonini yokudla.
Sengiphetha, i-Brassica nigra, noma lwesinaphi esimnyama, iyisitshalo esiyigugu esinomlando ocebile nokusetshenziswa okuningi. Ukuqina kwayo, ukuguquguquka, nokubaluleka kwayo ezimbonini zokudla nezolimo kuyenza ibe isitshalo okufanele abalimi nososayensi ngokufanayo baqhubeke nokutshala kuso.
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