| Podding radish | |
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| Pods of rat-tail radish Raphanus sativus var caudatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Raphanus |
| Species: | R. caudatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Raphanus caudatus L. | |
The rat-tail radish (Chinese: t 鼠尾蘿蔔, s 鼠尾萝卜, shǔwěi luóbó), serpent radish, or tail-pod radish is a plant of the radish genus Raphanus named for its edible seed pods. Linnaeus described it as the species Raphanus caudatus; it is now sometimes treated as a variety of the common radish (R. sativus), either caudatus or mougri.
It is found primarily in India and Southeast Asia and is believed to have originated in China. It was first known in the West no later than 1815, when introduced into England from Java.
References
- ^ "Raphanus sativus var. mougri". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
- Mogri
- "Raphanus sativus 'Caudatus'". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
- "Rat-Tailed Radish". Kitchen Gardeners International. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
External links
- Information from the Missouri Botanical Garden
- " Multilingual taxonomic information". University of Melbourne.
- Information from the Plants for a Future database
- Article from Kitchen Gardeners International with historical information, detailed description, recipes, and references
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Raphanus caudatus | |
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