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Raphanus caudatus

The rat-tail radish, 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, either caudatus or mougri.

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Podding radish
Pods of rat-tail radish Raphanus sativus var caudatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Raphanus
Species:
R. caudatus
Binomial name
Raphanus caudatus

The rat-tail radish (Chinese: t 鼠尾蘿蔔, s 鼠尾萝卜, shǔwěi luóbó), serpent radish, or tail-pod radish1 is a plant of the radish genus Raphanus named for its edible seed pods.2 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.1

It is found primarily in India and Southeast Asia and is believed to have originated in China.3 It was first known in the West no later than 1815, when introduced into England from Java.4

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  1. "Raphanus sativus var. mougri". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  2. Mogri
  3. "Raphanus sativus 'Caudatus'". Missouri Botanical Garden. Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  4. "Rat-Tailed Radish". Kitchen Gardeners International. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
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