Field of bright yellow rapeseed in flower (canola) under a blue sky in Seven Springs, Gloucestershire, England. Rapeseed (Brassica napus), also known as rape, oilseed rape, rapa, rappi, rapaseed and (in the case of one particular group of cultivars, canola). Rapeseed is grown for the production of animal feed, vegetable oil for human consumption, and biodiesel