Crambe
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- See also: Crambe, North Yorkshire
{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Crambe | image = Crambe_Maritima_Estonia.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Crambe maritima in Estonia | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Magnoliopsida | ordo = Brassicales | familia = Brassicaceae | genus = Crambe | genus_authority = L. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 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.
Crambe species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Lime-speck Pug.