It is a plant of the Brassicaceae family that is cultivated for its edible roots, axonomorphic roots, with a 20-100 cm stem, erect, little branched, glabrous or somewhat hispid at the base, with basal leaves of up to 30 cm, petiolate, rosettes, lirado-pinnatisect, with 2-3 pairs of lateral segments and a larger terminal one, sub-orbicular; the upper ones, ovate to oblong-lanceolate. Clusters of 10-50 flowers with pedicels of 5-15 mm in the anthesis, 10-30 in the fortification. Sepals 6-11 mm and petals 15-20 mm, white-pink or violet more or less veined. The fruits are indehiscent siliques of 30-60 by 6-12 mm, erect-patent with a residual valve joint of 1.5-2.5 mm, rarely monosperm and the upper one 25-70 by 8-15 mm, cylindrical, longitudinally striated, with 2-10 seeds and ending in a 10-15 mm conical beak. The seeds are 3-4 mm, with a truncated ellipsoidal outline, reticulated-striated and green when immature and turning brown at maturity, they are immersed in a dense white spongy tissue that develops during this maturation. This is consumed fresh in salads and / or pickles, medicinally, it serves against colds and biliary diseases.
TAXONOMY:
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- Order: Brassicales
- Family: Brassicaceae
- Genus: Raphanus
- Species: Raphanus sativus
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