The mustard of condiment value are seeds that are dark brown or grayish brown in color of approximately 1 mm in diameter the internal part of mustard is yellowish and fatty.
- Mustard is an oil seed used mainly for tempering and preparation of mustard oil in India, from 150 species of mustard some are cultivated as vegetable, some as oilseed crops and the rest as fodder crops. however the properties of condiment is seen only in the seeds of Toria, rape and Sarson.
- History of black mustard: it was the condiment, not the plant that was originally called mustard. The condiment got its name because it was made by grinding the seeds of what was once called the senvy plant into a paste and mixing it with must (an unfermented wine). Mustard is one of the oldest spices and one of the most widely used. The Chinese were using mustard thousands of years ago and the ancient greeks considered it an everyday spice. The first medical mention of it is in the Hippocratic writings, where it was used for general muscular relief