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English name for Cai Xin?

Can anyone tell me the English name for the green leafy vegetable I know as cai xin? In fact, someone could link me to a web photo catalog showing the many varieties of vegetables sold in food markets in China, that would be greatly appreciated! (For example, another veggie I don't know the name for in English is buo luo, as in "buo luo gao" and the root vegetable that is like a sweet potato that has little hairs on the outside.) If you know where I could purchase legally imported seeds in the USA, so that I can grow these in my back yard garden, that would be great too! I don't live anywhere near a Chinatown, so I know I'll never be able to get them in my local market. Thank all of you for your answers so far! The vegetable I am thinking of is the choy sum, Chinese Flowering Cabbage (which I could tell from the picture), though I've seen the other one as well. I'm fascinated that there are sooo many greens in the market to choose from. I did find some in a specialty oriental shop the other night and cooked them the cantonese way -- yum!

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1. Do you mean this one... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapini
2. i think you are talking about Choy Sum (it is a cantonese translation, more commonly use than your Mandarin translation), they also call chinese flower cabbage http://chinesefood.about.com/od/glossary/g/flowercabbage.htm
3. this "cai-xin" is most probable isn't an official name of the plant so it's hard to determine what it is... you'd better ask for more info where you've got this word... maybe it was 卷心菜 juan-xin-cai or 包心菜 bao-xin-cai -- types of cabbage -- read from the right to the left? as for "a web photo catalog showing the many varieties of vegetables sold in food markets in China"... who would arrange such catalogue keeping in mind there are 23 provinces in China each with their own green stuff?... i want to see that hero... luo-bo-gao (萝卜糕 = turnip cake) is made of turnip... and it wasn't easy to imagine "a sweet potato that has little hairs"... indicate where you have seen it or anything more specific... maybe you are talking about taro = 芋 = yu4, maybe not...
4. Formal name: Chinese broccoli But in most supermarkets, they call it "choy sum" You can see the picture here: http://www.dkimages.com/discover/DKIMAGES/Discover/Home/Gardening/Kitchen-Garden/Vegetables/Vegetable-Groups/Oriental-Brassicas/Chinese-Broccoli/Chinese-Broccoli-1.