MUSTARD
“The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field. Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but when it is grown up, it is greater than all herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come, and dwell in the branches thereof.”
– Jesus Christ, Gospel of Matthew 13:31-32
Family: Cruciferae (the Cross-bearers family)
Genus: Brasica (From the Latin brassica used by Pliny the Elder, derived from bresic, the Celtic word for cabbage)
Species: alba, nigra, juncea (white, black and bulrush-like in Latin)
For thousands of years,
Links of interest:
The Traditian Order 