Raphanus caudatus

Podding radish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Raphanus
Species:	R. caudatus
Binomial name
Raphanus caudatus L.

The podding radish, or rattail radish, is a plant of the genus Raphanus, named for its edible seed pods. It is treated by some authors as a cultivar group of Raphanus sativus, Raphanus sativus L. Caudatus Group, and by some authors as a separate species, Raphanus caudatus, meaning in either case “radish with a tail”.

It is found primarily in India and Southeast Asia, and is believed to have originated in China^[1]. It was first known in the West no later than 1815, when introduced into England from Java^[2].

References

1. ^ "Raphanus sativus 'Caudatus'". Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/plant.asp?code=A761. Retrieved 2008-06-04. 
2. ^ "Rat-Tailed Radish". Kitchen Gardeners International. http://www.kitchengardeners.org/2005/10/rat-tailed_radish.html. Retrieved 2008-06-04. 

External links

• Information from the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Multilingual taxonomic information from the University of Melbourne
• Information from the Plants for a Future database
• Article from Kitchen Gardeners International with historical information, detailed description, recipes, and references