Crambe

About 20 species, including:

• C. abyssinica
• C. cordifolia
• C. hispanica
• C. koktebelica
• C. kotschyana
• C. maritima (seakale)
• C. orientalis
• C. tatarica

Crambe is a genus of Brassicaceae native to Europe, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. It includes among its species seakale (Crambe maritima), grown as a leaf vegetable, and Crambe abyssinica , which is grown for an oil from the seeds that has similar characteristics to whale oil.