This species is widely cultivated for its edible seed which is used to make the condiment 'brown mustard' and is also sprouted as the mustard ot mustard and cress. It has only 70% of the pungency of black mustard (B. nigra) but can be harvested mechanically so is more viable commercially. This species has also been cultivated in the Orient for many hundreds of years and a wide diversity of forms has evolved, this includes the cultivated Chinese Mustard, Mustard Greens, Leaf mustard, Indian mustard and Kai-choi., sarepta sinep e. sarepta kapsasrohi (Brassica juncea) - Indias ja mujal Aasias ning Ida-Euroopas tuntud õli- ja sinepikultuur. Ta on naeri ja musta sinepi looduslik ristand. ... Hiinas on aga sarepta sinepil hoopis teistsugune koht, ta on seal väga tähtis köögivili. Hiinas on temast aretatud väga erisuguseid sorte, millised Euroopas on peaaegu tundmatud.