CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search "Rapeseed oil" redirects here. For the vegetable oil, see canola and colza oil . Rapeseed oil seed Rapeseed ( Brassica napus ) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Brassicales Family: Brassicaceae Genus: Brassica Species: B. napus Binomial name Brassica napus L. [ 1 ] Rapeseed ( Brassica napus ), also known as rape , [ 1 ] oilseed rape , [ 1 ] rapa , rappi , rapaseed , (and, in the case of one particular group of cultivars , canola ), is a bright-yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae (mustard or cabbage family), ( 油菜 : Mandarin Pinyin yóucài ; Cantonese : yau choy ) consumed in China and Southern Africa as a vegetable. The name derives from the ...