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Raphanus sativus (Wild Radish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The radish (Raphanus sativus) is an edible root vegetable of the Brassicaceae family that was domesticated in Europe in pre-Roman times. Radishes are grown and consumed throughout the world, being mostly eaten raw as a crunchy salad vegetable. They have numerous varieties, varying in size, flavor, color, and length of time they take to mature. Radishes owe their sharp flavor to the various chemical compounds produced by the plants, including glucosinolate, myrosinase, and isothiocyanate. They are sometimes grown as companion plants and suffer from few pests and diseases. They germinate quickly and grow rapidly, smaller varieties being ready for consumption within a month, while larger daikon varieties take several months. Another use of radish is as cover or catch crop in winter or as a fo
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Infraspecies

Raphanus sativus oleifer
Raphanus sativus raphanistroides
Raphanus sativus sativus
Raphanus sativus var. albus
Raphanus sativus var. oleiferus ({{nowrap)
Raphanus sativus var. sativus
Raphanus sativus var. syringeus

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  The Japanese radishes have higher concentrations of glucosinolate, a substance that acts against the thyroid gland. It is probably best to remove the skin;
Lifespan [1]  Annual
Pollinators [1]  Bees, Flies
Structure [2]  Herb
Usage [1]  The growing plant repels beetles from tomatoes and cucumbers; It is also useful for repelling various other insect pests such as carrot root fly; There is a fodder variety that grows more vigorously and is used as a green manure;
Height [1]  18 inches (0.45 m)
Width [1]  8 inches (0.2 m)
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Consumers

Parasitized by 
Erysiphe cruciferarum[4]
Hyaloperonospora parasitica[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 6New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0