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30-AUGUST-2008 03:13:07 - Broccoli For other uses, see Broccoli disambiguation. Broccoli Broccoli, cultivar unknown Broccoli, cultivar unknown Species Brassica oleracea Cultivar group Italica Group Origin possibly Ancient Rome Cultivar group members Many; see text. Broccoli is a plant of the Cabbage family, Brassicaceae formerly Cruciferae. It is classified as the Italica Cultivar Group of the species Brassica oleracea. Broccoli possesses abundant fleshy flower heads, usually green in color, arranged in a tree-like fashion on branches sprouting from a thick, edible stalk. The large mass of flower heads is surrounded by leaves. Broccoli most closely resembles cauliflower, which is a different cultivar group of the same species, but broccoli is green rather than white. In the United States, the term refers exclusively to the form with a single large head. This form is sometimes called Calabrese in the United Kingdom, where sprouting non-heading types and those with underdeveloped flower buds are also sold as broccoli. Contents 1 History 2 Varieties 3 Cultivation, nutritional value, and preparation 4 Gallery 5 References 6 External links History Test-plot-grown broccoli near Salinas, California, USA. Test-plot-grown broccoli near Salinas, California, USA. Cauliflower and broccoli output in 2005. Click the image for the details. Cauliflower and broccoli output in 2005. Click the image for the details. The word broccoli comes from the Italian broccolo, the diminuitive of brocco, meaning shoot, stalk. Broccoli is a cultivar of wild cabbage, remaining exactly the same species. Wild cabbage originated along the northern and western coasts of the Merranean, where it was apparently domesticated thousands of years ago.12 That domesticated cabbage was eventually bred into widely varying forms, including broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, kohlrabi, and brussels sprouts, all of which remain the same species. It is also assumed that broccoli is related to the Dandelion plant.3 Roman references to a cabbage-family vegetable that may have been broccoli are less than perfectly clear: the Roman natural history writer, Pliny the Elder, wrote about a vegetable that fit the description of broccoli. This would imply that the Romans grew their own broccoli for culinary uses during the 1st century. Some vegetable scholars recognize broccoli in the cookbook of Apicius. Broccoli was an Italian vegetable, as its name suggests, long before it was eaten elsewhere. At that time it was a sprouting type, not the single large head that is seen today. It is first mentioned in France in 1560, but in 1724 broccoli was still so unfamiliar in England that Philip Miller's Gardener's Dictionary 1724 ion referred to it as a stranger in England and explained it as sprout colli-flower or Italian asparagus. In the American colonies, Thomas Jefferson was also an experimenting gardener with a wide circle of European correspondents, from whom he got packets of seeds for rare vegetables. He noted the planting of broccoli at Monticello along with radishes, lettuce, and cauliflower on May 27, 1767. Nevertheless, broccoli remained exotic in American gardens. In 1775, John Randolph, in A Treatise on Gardening by a Citizen of Virginia, felt he had to explain about broccoli: The stems will eat like Asparagus, and the heads like cauliflower. Italians brought broccoli to North America by 18064, but it did not become popular until the 1920s. Commercial cultivation of broccoli in the United States can be traced to the D'Arrigo brothers, Stephano and Andrea, Italian immigrants from Messina, whose company made some tentative plantings in San Jose, California, in 1922. A few crates were initially shipped to Boston, where there was a thriving Italian immigrant culture in the North End. The broccoli business boomed, with the D'Arrigo's brand name Andy Boy named after Stephano's two-year-old son, Andrew, and backed with advertisements on the radio. Varieties Purple cauliflower, a member of the Italica cultivar group. Purple cauliflower, a member of the Italica cultivar group. There are three commonly grown types of broccoli. The most familiar is sometimes called Calabrese in Great Britain and simply 'broccoli' in North America. It has large 10 - 20 cm green heads and thick stalks, and is named after Calabria in Italy where it was first cultivated. It is a cool season annual crop. Sprouting broccoli has a larger number of heads with many thin stalks. It is planted in May to be harvested during the winter or early the following year in temperate climates. Romanesco broccoli has a distinctive fractal appearance of its heads, and is yellow-green in colour. It is technically in the Botrytis cauliflower cultivar group Purple cauliflower is a type of broccoli sold in southern Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. It has a head shaped like cauliflower, but consisting of tiny flower buds. It sometimes, but not always, has a purple cast to the tips of the flower buds. Cultivation, nutritional value, and preparation Broccoli, raw edible parts, 100g Nutritional value per 100 g 3.5 oz Energy 30 kcal 140 kJ Carbohydrates 6.64 g - Sugars 1.7 g - Dietary fiber 2.6 g Fat 0.37 g Protein 2.82 g Water 89.30g Vitamin A equiv. 31 μg 3% - β-carotene 361 μg 3% Thiamin Vit. B1 0.071 mg 5% Riboflavin Vit. B2 0.117 mg 8% Niacin Vit. B3 0.639 mg 4% Pantothenic acid B5 0.573 mg 11% Vitamin B6 0.175 mg 13% Folate Vit. B9 63 μg 16% Vitamin C 89.2 mg 149% Calcium 47 mg 5% Iron 0.73 mg 6% Magnesium 21 mg 6% Phosphorus 66 mg 9% Potassium 316 mg 7% Zinc 0.41 mg 4% Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. Source: USDA Nutrient database Broccoli is a cool-weather crop that does poorly in hot summer weather. Broccoli grows best when exposed to an average daily temperature between 65 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit 18-23 degrees Celsius.5 The majority 99% of the United States broccoli crop is grown in California and Arizona.6 Other cultivar groups of Brassica oleracea include: cabbage Capitata Group, cauliflower Botrytis Group, kale and collard greens Acephala Group, kohlrabi Gongylodes Group, and Brussels sprouts Gemmifera Group. Chinese broccoli Alboglabra Group is also a cultivar group of Brassica oleracea. Broccoli is high in vitamin C and soluble fiber and contains multiple nutrients with potent anti-cancer properties including diindolylmethane and selenium. The 3,3'-Diindolylmethane found in broccoli is a potent modulator of the innate immune response system with anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-cancer activity.7 8 Broccoli also contains the compound glucoraphanin, which can be processed into an anticancer compound sulforaphane, though the benefits of broccoli are greatly reduced if the vegetable is boiled more than ten minutes.9 A high intake of broccoli has been found to reduce the risk of aggressive prostate cancer.10 Broccoli leaf is also edible and contains far more betacarotene than the florets. Broccoli is usually boiled or steamed, but may be eaten raw and has become popular as a raw vegetable in hors-d'oeuvre trays. Although boiling has been shown to reduce the levels of suspected anticancer compounds in broccoli, other preparation methods such as steaming, microwaving, and stir-frying have been shown not to reduce the presence of these compounds.9 Broccoli is also high in vitamin K. Gallery Extreme close-up of broccoli florets. Broccoli flowers. Two broccoli heads. Romanesco broccoli, showing fractal forms Steamed broccoli Sicilian Purple Broccoli Broccoli in flower References ^ Gray, A.R. 1982. Taxonomy and evolution of broccoli 'Brassica oleracea' L. var. 'italica'. Economic Botany 36: 397-410. ^ Boswell, V.R. 1949. Our vegetable travelers. National Geographic Magazine 96: 145-217. ^ Gray, A.R. 1982. Taxonomy and evolution of broccoli 'Brassica oleracea' L. var. 'italica'. Economic Botany 36: 397-410. ^ History of Broccoli and Cauliflower at YourHub.com ^ Broccoli Cultivation Factsheet, Clemson University extension 2003. Retrieved on 2008-05-13. ^ Commodity Profile: Broccoli, University of California 2005. Retrieved on 2008-05-13. ^ Diindolylmethane Information Resource Center at the University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved on 2007-06-10. ^ Diindolylmethane Immune Activation Data Center. Retrieved on 2007-06-10. ^ a b Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick 2007-05-15. Research Says Boiling Broccoli Ruins Its Anti Cancer Properties. ^ Kirsh, VA; Peters U, Mayne ST, Subar AF, Chatterjee N, Johnson CC, Hayes RB 2007. Prospective study of fruit and vegetable intake and risk of prostate cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 99 15: 1200-9. doi:10.1093/jnci/djm065. PMID 17652276. 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