Brassica rapa species. Since the turnip had been named first by Linnaeus, the name "Brassica rapa" was adopted. Many butterflies, including the small white, pollinate the "B. rapa" flowers. Brassica rapa Brassica rapa is a plant consisting of various widely cultivated subspecies including the turnip (a root vegetable); napa cabbage, bomdong, bok choy, and cime di rapa (leaf vegetables); and "Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera", an oilseed which has many common names, including "turnip rape", "field mustard", "bird rape", and "keblock". The oil made from the seed is sometimes also called "canola" or "colza", which is one reason why it is sometimes confused
Elizabeth Choy Elizabeth Choy Elizabeth Choy Su-Moi (née Yong; 29 November 1910 – 14 September 2006), was a Singaporean educator and councillor who is regarded as a war heroine in Singapore. Along with her husband, Choy Khun Heng, she supplied medicine, money and messages to prisoners-of-war interned in Changi Prison when the Japanese occupied Singapore during World War II. Choy was born in a Hakka family in Kudat, North Borneo(now Sabah). Her great-grandparents first came to Kudat from Hong Kong to assist German missionaries in their work. The eldest of 11 children, Choy's father worked as a civil servant after completing his