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What is the difference between mustard tuber and kohlrabi?

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Appearance differences: The former grows 60-150 cm tall, with white outer skin and a fleshy root. The latter is relatively shorter, about 30-60 cm, with pale green outer skin, and there are also purple and green types. Leaf differences: The former has smaller leaves, with different shapes for basal and stem leaves, while the latter has broader, larger leaves covered with a white powdery layer.

I. Appearance differences

Mustard tuber is about 60-150 cm tall, the entire plant is hairless, with a slight powdery bloom, the root tuber is conical, about 7-10 cm in diameter, the outer skin is white, the root is fleshy, yellow or white, and it smells pungent.

Kohlrabi is much shorter than the former, about 30-60 cm tall, with a shorter stem, and starting about 2-4 cm above the ground it grows into a fleshy bulb that is oblong, flattened spherical or spherical. The outer skin color is usually pale green, and there are also purple and green types, while the inner flesh is white.

II. Leaf differences

Mustard tuber has a few basal leaves, about 10-20 cm long, with a few bristles when young, the terminal lobe is broadly ovate, with a rounded blunt tip, and the edges have serrations; the stem leaves are similar to the basal leaves, while the upper ones are oblong-lanceolate, entire, and sessile.

Kohlrabi leaves are broader and larger, about 20-40 cm long, ovate-oblong or ovate, covered with a layer of white powder, and the edges have relatively obvious serrations or notches.

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